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Table o Conts

1. Introdton 9 10 Save Consrton 89

,. yes of onstto aating ompo Mite Ages 89

Buig a Stav Vesse 9

3· Tools 3 Motise-ano Joi 96

4 Safey 5 Lamnaon ey AAW ah Sae Gdels 6 ig Zgzag Rigs Respao Potton 7 MtiGao mao

5 Udesandng Wood 19 wo Was to Diamons

Moste otnt '0 Laminaed Segmts a Stavs '

estig o Moiste ott ' A Bow om a oa 8

Wood Ga Oiaio 12 rodion nng 13oosig Wood

pag Yo Woo "4Ova Bowls 9

6 le 6 Meg complte Rigs 3lamg '7 nsalling Rou Desigs 3Ge Sae '9

4. ldng an osaedo 39 7 enqes a s 3 Sphee ig enies 3

g Segmets 3 asomig Spees ito Vesses 8Ds Sag 38 A ncat osaeo 9Gig Sgmts ogete 47

oroles ad arge ngseag Rigs o Stakig 49

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ses o MDF 54 Big a ohoeSe Rig 3

Woig wi Vee 6ag Diamt Rig ehs 9

iing Snise SegmetsSting Rgs o Mtipe Rings 7

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Athe Wa o set Diamos 6Vesse Bases 8

mpovg Eiie 6Moe age Vss iqes 63

8. T Dsgn roess 63 6 Segmened bbons 67

Desig ips 63 7 nal ogts 75

eae Rngs 65 Aendxag a et 67 Mamaal Fomlas & opts 76A Saml Dawg 7 allaig omo Mes 76

9 o's ng 73 osco o aton Sods 76

an lankt Fate Rg 7 at o omo Mt Agles 76

A tg st 8 Desiptio o igs 8

oiig wo Haves 8 iiogap 8

h ishig oss 8 Abo t Ato 8

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IntductnFrom the time bul my is bidhouse a agefve in my granddad's shop. I have always had afascnaon with woo More han thity yearsago aer movng no an empty house, with mywes encouragement. I purchased a table sawinstead o nexpensive affodabe furnitureolowing wenty years o buiding funitue forou home in Lake Tahoe I discovered hemagica capabiities o the lathe As Jlook back

at my past furniture desgns t stikes me hat Ihave aways expeimented with designs usingcontasting wood coor combinaions Gven myprior woodworkng experences and myowneshp o he necessay toos was onynatural that I gravtaed towards segmentedwoodtunng

Segmened woodurning, o as t has beencaed poychromatic woodturning has beenaround for a very long time Many years ago

someone probaby had the need or a bow thatwas arger than her ages pece o wood andthough, �I just gue wo pieces ogeher"rom hat moment in time, the ar" osegmened urning has coninued to evolveLong befoe I glued togethe my irst ring osegmens many other woodunes pursuedths at orm with geat success provdinginspiaton to those of us that ollowed theread In he 1970S and 980S Emmett Bown andCyril own, with hei pubcation o

Polychromat Assemby for Wooduninginspied thousands of turnes to expeimenDae Nsh n 8, wth his pubication ofAts Woodung, sent a signa to thewoodtunng word, ha was OK to gue woodogeher, and woodtunes connued oenhusasticaly experiment Ray AUen iesson, ud atven, Lincoln eitzman and MikeShuer ae us a few o he vey taened artiststha have aso nspied me hese arsts opened

doors or aU of us but hey e all o us had to

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sa wih thei own vey frst segmenedproect I you are looking or a new chalenge,hen t is my hope hat these pages wl povideyou wih the techniques and inspiation neededo ceae your own is segmented turning fyou have already staed down ths path then hope some of my deas wil renew your interestand encouage you o deveop new chaenges

n these pages, I have attempted to share my

experencesl have descibed the techniquesthat have worked or me and in some cases,hose that have no worked I wan to make itcear that do no offer the mehods describedon these pages as the ony way I know romcasua cona wih other turners, hat eveyonedevelops the own way I should aso pon outthat not a of these echniques are my owninvention Woodurners are ve sharing andmany technques have been ofered to the

public in woshops, symposums, andmagane atces; I have ried to gve ceditwhere t s due

Segmened woodtunng is much more thanglung together peces o wood ino a bow It isabout creating exciting obects that chaengeyou and simuate the interest and enoymntof othes It need not be a pan-by-the-numberstype of craf can be a rea opportunity toexpess onese with very ew imiations This

actvity equires extremey precisewoodworking skills and oen requies a tenvenveness As a segmented turner you areee from the boundares o a singe block ofwood You have unlmed choices egadingsie shape, and color combinaions hepossbiies ae endess which s why itcontinues o eep my inteest C N(phoo 1-1) s a perec exampe o a form thawould be amos mpossible to ceate from asnge block o wood



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segmented work. There are endess ways toassembe and embeish these eements, andmany w be desbed on the foowing pagesCeating tunngs from a simpe amnatedbok of wood ayes s aso oasonay used asa method of onstrution Most woodwokes

aready know how to make simpe amnatonsso I w not be fousing on this tehnque

Peope often onuse segmented work wthad work The pub seems to be morefamar with the tem "iad Thee is a bgderene Iayng is the poess of creatng areessed avty fo the inserion of anothepiee o wood Thee are oppounities fo thstehnique n segmented wo athough mostassemby nvoves ayeng thke pees of

wood together theeby eatng the samedesgn on the nside as we as the outside ofthe turnng For exampe suppose you wanted adamond shape of ght-ooed woodsurounded by daker wood To inay, you woudut a reess into the surfae of the darke wood(by hand o route) and then gu a thn butauatey shaped piee of the ight·ooredwood nto e eess To amnate the damondshape into a turning reqes a dfeentappoah You stat wth a damondshaped

pee of wood the sae cess as the rest ofyou turning omponents and then gue thesoudng dark wood to the damond's foursdes using the dis sande to eate tight guenes This assemby is then mahined into asegment to be but nto a ng of segments. Thedamond shape w be vsibe on the nside ofyou tunng as we as on the outsde akngdamond shapes s detaed n Chapter

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ganed popuarity eent yeas. Ths stye ofonstruton reates a gaps betweenndividua segments during assemby I haette expeene wth ths tehnique and wnot be offeng ade on ths subjet WiiamSmith has witen a vey detaed book,Semented Tnn hffe Pubshng whhI ecomend to those who wsh to investgateths stye o segmentaton

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Ae aqug too or more tha 3 year formy ow ma hop it o that hary have

rm to move arod freely. oble bases derthe bad aw r pres oiterplaer ssade, ad dm sder allow me to mzethe of my 0 sqare feet of foor spae t issma a rowed, but I am to hae

I aitio to large power too, yo wil eed a varety of maler power tool Agai it depedspo jst what kd of work yo are plagto attempt ut I woul say that for oe reasoor aother, I oe ee:

a 3/h ri motor

palm saer

• a roter

• a had-held powerpae

a jig saw,

a belt saer

Other smal ha tools that are eeay

ots of severa ypes of amps

• apers for measrg

• a ompa for drawg rle

• a good qualty teel traght edge

• a mal brght flahlght,

• a ttworthy mosture meter ad

the stadar small ha toossrewdrivers, hammer, et)

- show a ew of my ow mal toos

he asemby of egmete work requres gooeyesight aog with vey good lightig Whe you ee suglae your hop, the yoprobably have jus about eough ight se aombato of aeet ul a haogefixure ae your work area as right asreasoaly possble; a magfyg gh a be vey efl durg malompoet asembly



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Safetyhere ae teay heds of ways for shop

cidents to occ. Woodwoki cubs are umembes who have had cose cas OT seriouscdents. how do you avod becomn a

cident statistic? B F Ths pobablyunds Smpstc, but tuly beeve that theost efee sfety too that you possess is thex inches between your ears Thnk thnk

hn, and when you fnd yosef not thinnhen tke a brea or maybe end you sesso m not a safety expe ut I have been aoundhe construcon trades most of my e ad

ost of the njues tat hae nestiatedee due eher to oor udgmet, ack of

oncentation fatige, faile to use persoarotection eupment, or more commonly aombiaton of a four Raely s it the

Peoa otecto eqet sesset Tres ul rusl coe te

se o a eet syste -yo w ta

equipment's faut ome of my own pesonapotecon equpmet s shown n ht

Ths equpment s desined to potect youeyes face eas us ad n the case of the

antshock oes yo hads sufe fomonwoodtu eated cap tunelsyndome) Use ts type eupment you hat and acure t if you ac it a hemetsystem is a b inestment, but is vabe a

tmes is fa superior to a cothtyeespiato

ome of the wor eued to poducesemeed peces can be athe monotoous

How do you keep you concetatio whlecuttIn hundeds (or thousads of semetsbrek up the wok cut sements fo a we

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AR F GND WURNI

en I go back d cut more segments. I ne v er

nd hours ty ng o f ocus on just the cutting

hndreds of segmens. I keep mxing up the

orkoad Ths helps keep my mnd focused ne job at hand t keeps my mind in the gamea segmented er you have the danges of

ny power toos in addiion to he dangers of

e athe Te the ime o devise whaever kindig is necessa in order o avoid puting yonds nar movng saw bades drbis

ndng discs etc A very genera piece ovce: f you have to cut or dri or sand a very piece of maea hen attach t to a argerce tha can be safey hed It is reay quite

mpe if you sop and hink abou it if yournds are never very ose o a moving saw

de hen it s diicu o cu your inger. Indion insead of ooking for your safeysses when you hin you need them us

ke it a habit to aways pu on eye proteconon enterng your shop

r many yea I managed outdoor operaonsa major s resort and as such wasponibe for the safety of hundreds of

mpoyees A few addiiona ings hat I

rned abou safety areyou aow a dangerous condition to exstu w eventuay have an accident;

a messy work pace is a dangerous workace

he one time you negect to pu on yourfety gasses s the ime somehing ies inou eye

when you sh a job and ake shortcutscidens re more ey to occur, and

a du too s a dangerous too

couse n additon to a the danges oferating table sa w s. ter saw s. and other

ood w ork ng mchinery , as a w oodturner y ouce the dngers of the lathe T he Ame can socaton of Woodters (e AAW has

ubished a ist of sfty ips tht do a veryod job of co veing lahe sf ety . T he AA W , w the 000 members wodwde is a greaternaton ogizaton decaed o he

advancement of woodturning check hem outat woodturnerorg Wh their pemSionnd encouagement 1 have ncuded heir athesafety gudenes

W e ey dee

1. afe efective use of he wood ae reqiresstudy and nowedge of procedures fo usngthis too Read and thoroughy undersand theabe waing on the athe and n theowner/opetor's manua

ways wear safety gogges or safety gassesthat incude side proecion and a fu-faceshied when needed Wood dus can be hm

to you respirato sysem Use a dus mask orhemet and prope veniaion dus coectionsystem in dusty condiions Wear hearingprotection during eended period of operatio

3 Tie bac ong har Do no wear goves oosecotng jewey or any danging Obects thatmay catch in roating pas or accessoies

4. Check e owneroperaors manua forpoper speed recommendaio se sowerspeeds for arger diameer or rough pieces ndncreased speed for smaer diamete andpieces ha are baanced the athe s shngor vibrating ower the speed If the work piece

vbraes aways stop he machine to chec threason

Make ceain tha the be guard or cover is npce heck that a camping devicessuch ason the aisock and oo res are tigh

Roate yo wok piece by hand o me se ces he too rest and bed before tung teahe N Be sre tht he work piece eelnd s my mounted s aways sest o tumthe athe F before adjustg the too rest

7.Exerse caution when usig sock wthccks spits checks bark knos eguarshapes O prouancs

8 Hod g toos securey on the oo nd hod he too n a controed butcomfotabe mner Awys a ser s�



is helps a vo d the possib ly of an

balnced piece jumpg out of the lathe ad

ikng the ope aor .

When nng a lahe reverse, s possbler a chuck or faceplae to unscrew unless iscely ightened on he lahe spndle

Know you capablites and lmits perenced woodurner may be capable of

chnques and procedures not recommended

begining urners

When usng a facepae, be cen the work

ce s soHdly mouned When ng

tween centers be cean the work pece is

ure

Aways remove the ool rest before sandgposhng operaions

Do not overeach, keep proper foong and

ane a a tmes

Keep he lathe n good repa Check for

maged pas, aignmen bndg of movngs and other condions ha may afet s

eaion

Keep tools shrp and clean for beter nd

fer peormnce Do no force a dull tool Dot use a tool for a purpose not ntended Keep

ols out of the reach of children.

onsder your work envronment Do not use

e ahe n damp or we locations Do no usepresence of flammable lquds or gases Keep

ok area well li.

Say ae Watch wha you are doing and usemmo sense Do no operae tool when youe red or under he nfuence of dugs orcohol

Gud agas eetric shock Inspec eleccrds for damage Avod he use of exensonrds

Remove chuck keys and adjusing wrenches

rm a habit of checking for hese beforehng on he lathe

Never leave he lahe rnnng unaended

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Rey eOne bggest hazads n ny shopmenoned n he AW gudeines s the asywase subsance produced - te dus! I gesdow your shi and no your shoes nd before

you know t tere s a ra of i toughou

you home owever tha s not the wors: ilso coats te insde of your lngs Once you

destroy lung ssue he body can never

regenerate i he damage s permanen

bVousy anyhng ha makes you cough andchoke canot be good for you Whe some woo

speces seem o be more harmful and iriaing

thn others, no dust is good dus So how do weprotect ourselves? By all means necessay! In

my ow shop operate a 3HPdust collecton

sysem a celingmounted dus filtraon deve

and a 2nch fan mounted diretly hough heexeror wal rght nex o my athe When hs

fas to keep the air cean, I use an air helmetsysem or clohtype respator My favoreme of he year s the summer when can

operate my rge w fan contuousy wt

e wdows nd door open, wthou worying

abou heat loss

Even wt tese precauions I know hat I

have iaed unealhy evels of wood dus iso easy o be azy and not take he tme o pu

on the proecton especialy f you know tha s ony going o be dusty for a few seconds

Unfounately those few seconds add up ad

may result n health problems in the fure In

he heat of bale in he excitemen of creatnga new ung

and n he rush o compee heproect it s so easy o allow safety o take a

back seat o turnng is woh a ger orpermanen damage o your ungs

Take your ime and work safey



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THE A OF SEGMENED WDURN!NG

Moisture Contentoadle y def ne s " m ois t w e c on e a s " he

eigh o f w e r n t he ce walls a d c v i e s o f

ood expressed s a percege of oven-dryeigh." In ohe ods if osody piece ofoo d weig h s 1.1 p ou n d s, a nd this s me p e ce o f

ood eghs ony 1 poud ae i has beeed in a oven uil s compeey dry, henmoisue coe ould be 10% If he ood

a you use is o leas s dy s sonme hen i coninue o oseume s i connues drng To pieces ofood on eihe sde of a gue jon iheren moisue conensw pobby moveereny Gue is uabe o resc hs

ovemen nd a gap o uevenness maypear beeen he o pieces of ood smmo o epeence some moveme evehe your ood is ve dy Diere speciesn ec dieey o chnges in heironding envronme nd eve ih hes of seg fshes on you ugs higho humdiy l evenuay ec he

ood By usig d ood you damicypove you chnces of poducing sabe

gs ha say ogehe Ho dr? youk oud ecommend eve using anyhingove 1% moisue coen nd oud onye ood 1% the ood eenSiseny he sme. genea ood in he

% (o drie) range s much se Anyhiggher nd youw be ig a isk i is us

o orh i! o no rus you ood uscuse he suppier es you a s kln

ied The ood may have been % moisUene he i came ou f e kiln bu if i

s been mpoperly soed n a moisnvonmen hen i may o oge be a hecege. Po 5-01 dispays ecenwchase of mesquie a as impoed omgen Ts is ec maei fogmeed o becuse is kon for isabiy ha is s ac f moveme afe

rig as descbed as beg i dredd i pobby as bu ufortuaey i camey ship ad as sed fO svea mohs a

ehouse i eae befoe being puchase.

eiby supised hen I measued he moiue conen. I aged damacaly from bou 9% up o 4% fom boad o board. y ay he mai ood i e vesse on he fron cove is gennea mesuie from ha pae

Ho you sore you o ood inveoy s

mporan especialy f you ive in a humid cmae You soage aea obvousy has o be dr ive i he iera Nevada Mounais ofClifoia Lae Tahoe d fo bouh he yea e ejoy a ver dy clmae he ne comes can be dy one dy nd snong he e n bui heed dyng shed h a dehumifier my ood veory as alaysia sae of chnge h he sesons c s

soge devce a dng shed o a kI is us m dy o humidiy sued age sora close uing he summe monhs unless am n h o use pc ods do no opere he hee he ousde o e shed is pned bc nd so heaing keeps he sdqe a bu dng hee monhs a sm eecric heae keeps he shed oasy oand e dehumder ns on a egular basis

ood h is drier h is evonmen quckly acuie moisue impopey oed hich s hy you mu es you oo.

Testing forMosture Contet

Ho do you measue he ood's moe conen ne mehod voves repeaedy ove

dying a sampe and he eighig u i o onge oses eigh I do no have muc

expeence ih s echque and fanly seems ie quie a enghy process he oe hand hee are sevea manufacues of veeasy o use eecoic miswe mees. hese

devces ae abe o deere he moun of e coe the ood by measrigeecca esisace beeen o sap pobes

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ogeer, whout exeig oposing pressuren the glue nes A is wel d he vesseod V appy for a vy og tme_

ompex turnigs coaig eemes ha areo orotal rese a more dfculhaenge: you mus mnmize opposing fores

urg te deSgn pase of your project. Thatoes not men hat you ano posion woieces o wood peredicuar o eah oher

ml dmensos s an be doe wihofidece The ot movemen whi verymal pieces of wood s usuay ot a problem I

e go bak o tha smle vesse wh a isegmens osioned hooally ad we nowede to pae a hin piee of orasig wood

ercaly beween each segmen, ten ts sK f e hozontal segments are o too ahk) woud recommed o exeeding 3/4

nh and ha mgh be pushng i I haveonsrted may such ngs w shortetia piees gued beween oontaegmen ends and hose gs aveemaned sound for many yea

owever, sometimes desgns requre a aerertca eement ex to a horzoa eementhsi otenti troube! may requre exra

work e mling of your wood bu iead olumg a h rp of wood wh s grainrieted vecaly, use a sho, de pece of

w, tereby keepng e gra te samerenaio Phot 5-03 shows an exame of

his; i is ung, lrge segmens whothoes make up e ouer apro of te abe

e 1nh wde rps of wanu posioedetwee te arge segmens of myewood arerenaed wth he gra ozoa just ashe lrge segmes Many peole do not oiceis type of aenion and arebut you guenes wl tank you

eoe wt bacgrounds n woodworking areomtmes suprised a e exesive use ofndgran·to-endgrai glue jOins n segmed

woodtung Aer all vone kows atndgrain gue Os are n eary as srong asde-gain gue oints Wle that s ceany

d b d f

by ossible wood movemen a need moe aenon Besdes, e weaer ed-grain

oints re usuay reinforced by he ovrappsideoside grn ons hat are presenbetween rngsBy overapng he algnme verical gue lies (ike ayng briks), you reesseniay creang a seres of motiseand

tenon type jons, wh are very srong adeecive

Choosing Woodhoosing wood for a g can be

ecause mos of he me, relaively smlquanites are requred, we have eoppotuy to work wit exotcs haothewise mg be too expensive There re many pes of wood from whh to ooseWlam A Lco's ook, o oo in oLiden Pubishing) disays more a 250oor photos of dieren woods I is a greareferene tool for woodworkers My ownperson exprences wh he woods of e

word consst oa mc shorer . I hav l

beow ose woods wth wch ave adenoug experiene o fom an opon ese

re woods that I have ut, sanded, gued ndnshed durng the past 0 years As you wsee, I have aegored ese woods no hreedesignatons med use, OK, ad rsofores These are smpy my personareerences and oos

mied-use woods iude ader asaspe,

braewood madrone, maogany mape(soft) oak (red & we) padauk pplar,redwood teak, and ebrawood ese jdo o make te grade ey are eter oo

oo oly oo oegrnedor oo du iappearane alhoug om me o me n

g iumtances 1 do use some of tem

O woods clude bespaled) bi(spated), ch e , ron woomba lig ad

dark) osage-orage wlnu t, and wenge.T es woods are OK , bu t for one reaon or ano h er.

hey do no nspire the same en thusiasm as h

ones lised nex I do use some of these qU te a



UNDERSTADING WOD

3 As much as posible, wd gn drectn shul e cntet

t ateatve we a age vme ak eqe

a avte e ae akww, te bbga ab ey) ey (Maaa, y jaa mae'-eye mae (a mae (y)mae

a te) mete mt mgaytewemm k vy,eea ew (a feEat Iaa, Baza, amewwJ, yeweaa zte. Tee aeOte evea ea: tey ave geat /O fge aatea exet f teew ey a ge we a mt temtig tgae w mea tey

ey

e egg a tg y ae ae wty Oe f w Wat ge wt wat

t t t k t ?

teme mbat vve w aae ma e a mae et tmt ay te ext a a exae_ I aveamt am ata t tgtge eeaw_ ey t a a my aay take a e S w a ege w gee t t et

e ame ye k Y a etay me w wt a w ay a ey Hweve, t ee a tteme gee t aeve a m aeeqe g ee e ag, a yee t mmze aegt g y w eet te w e em t ge a eeay a ey tee te ea y aae y

qky ggg te gt e e ave taa gve y egg y w t ge tem ky D t aw te emet t

t



E O SMEE WOO

y oiy woods such as cocoboo nd teakuing a woo ike cocoboo o itsef is muchore risky han guing cocoboo to a non-oyood.l hve head pope suggest h ceanngy wood gue suaces h substnces such sone or acquer hnner just before gung

ensure success but I hve never found tcessay s ong as he gung s done sooner the cug and sding

me oher combnaion ha cn cause youobems are combining wood ike pdaukth a wood such s hoy a bad ide Theor padauk dust s ver eecive as ainng agen and oen makes a mess ofcent igh-coored wood, especiay a whie

wood ike hoy You might be abe oecome hs pobem on he outside of youning bu o minin whe hoy on heide s us bou impossibe If you desire

d/wite coor contrs a combination such asodwood nd mape s beer choce

mbnng contrasing wood coors is a big pasegmened urning, bu he sd ruh is aods darken wh age Exposre o sunigh

ceeres hs dakeng process Woods hte dk o begn wh become darker ndenuy star o ook aike herefore i isportn to choose wood combinations ha

rean heir contrs over me Obvousye and bck combiions w provde heost damtic contrs nd st 1mos foreverher combinaions wi be ess dmaic and a ong-sng an exmpe you mgh

cde o combine ed wood such asoodwood wih pupeher When feshychned hey ook ver nice ogeher;wever, whin a ew years (or ess) fromross a room hey ppear o b he sameo nd e effec ha you desired w haveen ost The esson hee i, seet woods tha provide ongasng conras if hat is he

ect you desie Study you coces nd r o

uaize your ugs s hey wi appe eers of neviabe daeng

s woodworkers it is easy o ge excited bouecc g n b d h e s

creae our own spectcu grain nd fgreefecs We do not hve o puchase e bggesmos expensve boards a e store order ocreae bauty. We cn uiize sma bods, cos and scraps a condeby ess expense hve consruced many tunings fomnumeous miary cooed woods in order toacheve n ovea eec In those cses wsnot as concened wih conrst as withhe ook An exampe of hs s shwn in hephoo of L ho 504)

In his turning attemped o dupicate teshades of n ctu ppe by andomy usgboodwood, pink V nd tuipwood Thisppe ( g o my schootecher wfe) is so

box wih n ouside poe ha hs beentened in paces to imitte an act appeApproach your wood seection decisio ke apinter choosing coors fom hs paee wekeeping n mnd te ndvdua chaactersof ech wood species

n case you have no fgured ou ye I ov wood. A woods ae good fo someing Evenhe swdus we poduce has vaue o someonesomeimes fee ike kid a hrismas whn Isurfacepne rough stock nd discover hehidden beauy ha ies in wai I obseve ge visiors approaching my unngs wth a senseof we nd with n ost unconroabedeire to touch he sufaces Beaui ha efe on peope I ove he opporunes she my psson wh this mazng maeaPerhaps his is why I became a segmened

woodtune nsed of an ronworker

e Y Wefore sarting he process of cuting sgens you shoud ccurtey dimeson aU of w ood, o he es, a he wood tha w be

needed for a priculr phse of y our projet

This s mporan for severa esons:

y ou o conrm he qualiy and the quny of your useabe maeri and saves yo rom

hving o interupt e consruction process m

order to prepae moemaeral By pepaing a



4 L (4 ta) - thk f wood as pa

itent dimeo, w w me yourembly eie d mre te. Y mging t y re ly gig t be ig

piece wy bter trigup t wole

d Believe te trigtne d lne brd ect te ury yur mte

It mtnt t te te tme ugtever tecnqe w y t lte

ten ccey dmenon y lumberd time Uig jte lwed by

er d metime even uig dumder my rtine Otewe digctng nd guig e y ect

wl ve t del wt bem c

bd t doe no t rg yur w Tbt te uee tg meccrte me ct c bd t wbblen y w r bt gluig egme

rig t d t t l t enter bece er egt der A miimm it le bt t c elyled t icccy t ve dcut t buldprece egmeed rg rm ced bd vyng cne



THE F SEGMENTD WOTURNIG

01 Difrnt glues ae ndd fo dfnt siton

6.

GlueWtot h avaaby oftv, og

mg dpdab g, gtd tgod ot xt. Thr re ay dft typd bad 1 a o akd"So, wht heet o?" f1 od hav oy o typ of g

y hop, th t w wod b ptyp - org tbod (ad t opayd ot pay to ay t) t vrt ada away prod wl o a wl a

ay otr tys of g fo a vay ftak Hr a t owht r how tad a fw ot thoght;

Tbod O tbod Og o poyy a�tatg o o of y g a adgtakg g job I o to aah tgto fapat otd wat bok adtog



rshy gued ng assembes in as t a a h

ou e glug, but I m usuy n inthtmuch of h. We gue joint my stong

nough to , ncued gue squeez-out on ed u ngs cn be messy to deth gs oe your gouge nd thenhen ng yo gouge it gzes oe you

indg whee i diut to vod wihoutiting fo hs o ovght Ths gue's quick

uig time is big dvntge most of he timecpt those big tme-consuming gue jobs

ibod xdtebond exend gives me bout 30% to 40oe wokng time dependng uponmptue I use it ust s I use he aginhen I nee moe wokng time I hve notticed ny dieence in pomncemped to the ogn

pooxy mkes nice pste when mxed wth

wdust to f voids Epoxy woks we fo smid wok but fo most ge gue jobs in myinion it is ie too bite not owing the

d to move t Even exemey d wood

sometimes y to move te due tooistue content chnges hve seen epoy becuse it hd no give

yocl (CA o up lu)pegue s get fo quicky chng smmponents to wste bocks I use to f smcks nd voids (n the wood not between

gments) do not use it fo pemnent

emby of segments o fo ny gechments o wste bocks Its n eecive

ene when soked into soft punky wood

lyuhyuethne gue sometimes is used fo oiyod segment ssemby povdes ongekng time thn Ttebond Extend t s good

e but messy nd difficut to cen off younds Rubbe

goese n bsoute necessity

t I mnge to get some n me nd it

es dys fo the cued gue to we o Goodmpng pessue is essenti nd 24 hous of

GW

this typ of glue i tat it s mosure activtedmeaing, that t needs a lie mostw to cureSupe-d wood shoud be ghty motenedwth a mstig spray le bfoe ommencinhe gue ob

Ho Ml ck)

I use hot met oten o tempoy cmenof ngs to wste bocks t is esy emoedwith utity knife nd/o chse. 1t wi nothod tems tht potude ve fom thewste bock vbion) but I hve used t totemiy ch shor ngs moe thn 4inches dimete

Spy AdhivI ony use spy gue fo the tempoy

ttchment of sndppe to snding bocks Aght spy on the bck of the p wthoutspyg the sndng bock ows you to esemove nd chnge the ppe

Ur RSometimes ced pstic es I use ue guefo ge mntion obs povdes bout mnutes of wokg time s itte messy

inconvenient you hve to mx t) but it hsnve fied to do ts ob

Tunng vesse tht is composed of hundedo thousnds of peces of wood mens thtyou e so tunng tht mny gue nes Gis much toughe on you the toos thn gewet wood t bunts you cung edges uckThink of tuning ccumfeence wth 24segments wth you the speed t pm

ht ccounts fo 2400 tiny ttcks on younicey shpened edge eve mnute You fnd tht you need to e-shpen much moefequenty when tunng gued ssembiesWhen puchsng tunng gouges ook fo thhdest stee vibe

I wys to ppy some pessue to eshygued oints in ode to foce the excess gfom my oints How does one guge the



8 THE F WODRNING

02 You can ever ha eough am.

y expeees te e tat y people ty topply too u foe wt te daps I

eealy ee apply oe pg pessue I ou wee appyg te pesse wit

st y as o wegt (1 weg e ous) Te aufatues of Ttebo suggests u pessue as 00 pous pe squae; I a sue tat gea 1 apply fa ess

ebe, ost of te e te tota sufaeea s ute sa. Getg te t gt fa

oe pott a eete ta g

ow o you das aout of glue tatou appy s poat to u glue oyeques oe pessue to foe te exess foe ot Ieay we usg glue su asteb oy a sa bea sueeze-outoul ou A oatg of gue o bouaes fa oe efece opae to axess aout of glue ou oe suaeeause of l te essy ttg geeate

es of lttle pees sp wo I keep atople of te aabe w w topea glue

t l f d b I

• ppe dps o eay uty os;

a laps o se lats;

• qu ps (a sa b p wt a pstgp tgteg ale

• spg daps o ous ses fo sll pa soetes foo s

• ubbe bas fo sl gs egulalysape sl pas

• ose ps fo age g assebes tey be joe to fo ay aete

• stap aps fo te ely bg gssebles

Se of e ost use lps ysp ebbe bas assoet of ses beeapy aue fo y ofe supply stoea by ubg o tpg a sge ba a

ety of pessues s pssble Just weI

t tat I ae faly aculateeougdaps, a poet oes log tat eeee oe aps I ot owa w



GLUE

03 ling uls eabe presse to be appled he ght decto.

segmete wooe yo w spe fe me tg, sg gg h

w g Meeg the heges oftve mpg s o yo sessey he go s to ppy pesse t pe ge o he ge e Sometmes

s eessy to fs h gg bokss) oo yo ompoes tempoy, hsg he bty o ppy mpg pessehe ese eo A exmpe of sgg s s show phoo 6.03 Ths

ge job eqe two ppe sF pees) oe o ppy he eee

pe pesse Othe tmes, yo my ht s s ese hhog yoes fo few mtes Regess ofhe, est some momety pesse sessy he ompoes beg ge ot 6-03 fome fete g fo the ovese, P

e ey h k b

sh s epoy, poyehe, esoo,yoyte e es poe mes

ht e qe mf o yo esptosysem Some of these ges so poehm s whe se I kow owootes who hve h py bexpeees wth yoytes spe gehese ges e hy, bt yo hve to seeeme o kg y fges togehs mo ompe o he mge ht spossbe o yo espoy t ke he

o o f, ope wow, o step os wheve kes o poet yosef

Whe the PAs (ebo ohes e sfe to se, hey evety te yosk wh pooge expose Whe I mgg my g ssembes, I y to wsh mhs feqey I sy ppy hem o hep poe my sk Aohe ge

ge ht few peope eve hk botoes he shp eges h e ofe fomby e A ge sqeezeo I hve mysef o ge eges moe h oe so be



E T EED WD



Q

7

Technqe, Trck, and Shortcth is the meat poatoe chapter fte

I dic ba onionhniqe: how t ct and glue and aembe

omnen n fm. Severa jig deign areo oeed - few tng nse uel

wrkng one mre hn god ig.

n Seensing Mte wme of my pat wo have onained morean 6,0piece of wod hence he ergmend wodtrnng Some ter u thgmen ing a tae aw and a ew ven e

and aw (wth o of anding) u do 95%my cting n a mpound iding miter aw

e, le esme and aer With god

uipment nd tehnque, beieve i moreurae Here i my mehod fr ampihing, accrae cut ung a mier aw

tart y nang a dipoabe zeroeraneck fene nd bed n your aw; MF (3'4 inch nh) wrk we py pace aou a

ch wde ip on edge again he backnce, wit anher wde trip at on the aw

d I ere hee ng a pair ma barp, one at each end, hat hd he atom bard ighy againt he ak enceoatng he each tme yo change thede nge give yu a fresh aw er o red

e chnc ma dei from inteeng a ma hame on the a top edge o hm ard

e a ping deve t hd he tobec

p agn the ak ence he ap hokyor aw cn ae m board jumpghty away fm he fence, cauing inaccuate

med o pinglamp a round piece ofwodt the aw bed nd iton a wodenedge beween th cce and yor trip fwod 1 ike t ue mal le f inch thickMD u wih a hle aw e wedge an bequicy remved and reintaed beween uta hown in 7 (next page) Spngampng the wod dey the bed a

w t it i tirng and no a at to cang the ph, ne I am gangcutting wotrip at the am tim

• Mae re your tip o wd ae at andhave quae prallel edge It diic mauate miter ut om a warped d

• Ue a p l made om hard maeriaomethng that wi not den eay Beve r

hamer the boom edge f yr tp ok prevnt awdut m neerng

• Mke ue yo bade i harp Even carbidaw bade need shrpenng aer a ewthoand u

• a hoddown device prent nymovemen of the utoff egment duringting ue impe wooden Lhaped piece

wood a hw n On argegmen there i no hoddwn dve aeffetive a yur nger have never en amnacurer guidn r "hw

o regardng fnger near he aw badeWhen ing ma egment (under nchen ngth) ung a handhed dv pdenYo have to make the chice regdng whennot t e yu nger th egment i ma

enogh o make you paus nd hk aou ithen yo hd b ung a dvice n he ethown n he photo he egmnt ar eng



H F GMT WR1NG

Hold-in

Ths ter-aw setup s how I (u mo of my segns. Note he old-own ice

h er a be ha ca o cuoo: o ow , and o th

g. gmt-n a mv eore e cmll rea r ia oiv utd corng Segm a movesut a d woo . om dbr

dr te trp, or oy from unntntonal re by yor ld- dc h

d ou moy rrae om o wiou adoa o. h a ba ha a chac o cotact th

m- ar a ee u i t oeavageo ug me w

A u xrao em cocd t urw wl geay c u ieobm mrve e ar that you brathe

Rguar chk 90� vi accurac r a. O wy do thi i to ut ix

gar egm (o mi) bu 2 nchg om a o ca bu 2 wi

-o-e o a oot rac a tuvr vry or c uSd-w Ue ba o ay rere rom e o n, adobrv te ge o eg. yove e agme a o e e ooo wi o o a g l aju w aorgy ti e via ere o cu rog a oar I

rntato o me gh c o tll it oger a igl, ee all cu wo a oon anotr B vrig every oe iec 10� ag ult at ea o T goa i ou yo vca ag o ero i o ee

• e y t bck o e gmeg ma a r d o o b i over u cae to ma pn mr icg e re eg iu e eci mk i e eg keo



TECHNIQS, SHOCUr 3

Un crosut ld on the ble aw I an letive o for utng gn

e. e egme e ge ymy egmet mdge o og d djt eeded ode o to wed A to y dpy e e

moe dem e ttg egmet to teet dedt ( o m ew) y oe eog p ae m moee e o mkg meme, owee expee m

e e ot eey

e yo e eeyg dted poey,jt mtte o tg d ppg oe ad ttg g Beoe e ,

ke e yo oed od ed e egt te op t oy tke oe omet to g y

ing a Sle on be Sawe te y te mode dg

mod me w te te w w e

ey e meod Te go i o maeepee t ae oet eg dge Ug te m, 6 wde te ggt me wt yo e w i oo meto dg ed mpoe te y oottg o mo e w ome tew e eqped wt dg e; e o, o te et et tg (d mye eete g) i to d ed A ed i og

moe t dg e t o od tog e w de Te medeg jt ee o pwood wt ed me od t gded o oe Sdey yo te w ee o e eedg My exee ttg egme o e w med, t t weemy pmtoo wod w dee k dey oded ote Ag tS

ee moe t jt dg pee oywo I e ed t 72 g t ote mte B pywod o d e y e ed I e



THE A F SGMNTED WORNING

ter convy th dsign and constcton. htu i takn fom the front of th saw; thrato stands on th sde at th top of thoto he xac dmensons a not mpoantlong as you undestand how th dvic

ks o buld ths sed:

Star wth a pe of 3'4-nch MD o plywoodg nogh to span yor tab top from nea he sde (as you stand at th saw) to sera

ches past th ghthand mite slot he fontback dmnson shod be at last 20 nchs Ive show ths botom ayr pantd wht noto 2.

Ml two unns that bary ft nto the wdth

your mter sots and plane ther heght toghtly ss than the depth of slot Usngs and a littl glu, attach on unner

rl to one nd of the sd about nchesom the edg hs woud b th unne on the

sde of th photo th ends ofth ns pantd d Wth th saw bad lwedow th tabl check to see f the sdwde freely wth just ths fst nne se anding bock to oosn th ftinssay

Pace a coup ays ofvenr nto thetom of th othr te sot sck a pe ofblesded tape onto the top of th on and tm the tap to th wdth of nner en p o th tap backng andac th nn n th sot wth th tape facngward he nees wil eleat the unnerghtly abov the tabl sac

Caefly poston th MOF wth th aachedn nto ts mt sot and thn owr t onto oth nnr ap th top sevral tmes toa a tight conncton Sc th scondr by diing contsnkng and

stang thee or fo scews hr s no nedemov th tap

ac sed back into the mtr slots andhck the ft nc agan s a sandng bock odst as necssa ceatng a sng bt smootdgftGasp th outsde coso th sednd chck to se if an sop stsA sng it

• Bfor sding th sed nto th bad nstabdge acoss ts ading dg This wl stabile patfom by kepng t gd afr yo ctpaialy though the platfom gud seayes of '4inch MF to cat th brdg

pantd bu n the photo In addtion topoviding rgdty the weght of th MDFdampens baton thus improvng th qa

ofthe ct

• Sd the sd nto the bad to crate a k

te moe than halway towards th back d

n probm wih many sd desgns s h

tiva of small ctof segmnts ne vrydangrous opton s to rtv the segmnt b

reachng ov th blade befo rtracng sedAbetter solton s to s a holddwclamp on th cutof so you can retv thsgmnt a sdng the sled back fom thbad Wthot holdng down th sgmnt onmost slds you woud sk the oose segmentmakng unwantd contact wth th bad nthe other hand a holddown adds anoth st

to the opaon and t ads to unnssay

anspongth sgment back alongsd hbade Holdng dow very sma sgmntscaso be dfc Eicnt cttng of hundrdssgments demands a smpl dsgn andprdu Idealy sgnts shoud b asyetved th lengh stopbock shod b easadustd and fngs shoud nvrbpacdjopardy I think thse requrments ha b

addssed wth ts partcua dsgn

nstad of scwng and glung a mtr fncboad dcty onto th man sld plaformnstal anothr ay of '4inc MD acoss t

patfom at th approxmat ang that yowant to ct segmnts n ths cas my goa scut 1125 angls on my sgmnt -nds n odpodce 16segmnt ngs In pht 70 d3 th scond aye of MDF s pantd gnand a srp of mape sts pon t adyto b

A cose ook at phoo 7-3 shws that the geeMD patorm that holds th mapl s notchd

back on the rght side of the blade and is rpl db d i oMDf



6 Al F SMN WNG

04 There ae two basic ways to t a boad into segmets.

2S� ut wat aout te eed to uld a 2get g o a 12-eget g? You ae ta a dffeet fee to ut dffeet

gle, o ud a ete w ed fo eaffeet agle too u ale fo eat' w I pefe to ut eget ug ate aw

ee ae ea ve good oeal

vaale teg deve ae oeag expeee w te ut ue te ae ot deged to qukl utuded of al eget e appea to ee good at tg te agle o a ageae ad ea adjutale to deet agle

o ttg uded (o ouad) of alee tk a oe-ade eve upeo

d t ue e expeve

wo MethodsfCuing Segment

og te ago oeoe ged out tat fou ut a eget o te ed of a oad ade pped te oad updedow ou oudt aote deta eget wt ut oe utad o o d o o oo etod

ave te ad oeve wood Howeve teppeaae of te eutg eget w dfeo oe ege of ou oad to te ote edged depedg upo te ga of te wood te

ot ke e a deee te wa tat gee fo te two dfeet uae Motte te do ot wo aout t lak ofote o do oe dee a pefeate et of eget oweve tee aete we te dto of ote uwated o exaple a featue g wt atate eg uouded a lgt-oloe

woo old loe oe o t effetvee f t

gt oloed wood appeaed a detade We a otet oo e go eget ut e ut aoe wa tead ofppg te oad oe to ut aoe eget pped oe to o ut a o a egea pole w daded ad tepped a to te oga poo to utaote uze eget B uttg tae a te eget wl ave te ae

ga oetato ad wll e oet appeaae alo pa to lel te egetata te ae ode dug gug teque eque oe wo ad t ue owood w w I eldo eo to t utoete te deg dead te ae.Wt oe pepag te o egetee a e ued to fo a deet g adtee od eg daded A plelutato of te two etod ow t 7; Iued a ed g pe toepeet te aw ke ofte two etodWt t pau ge oe oad podued



8 THE AR O SGMEND WOlNIG

06 Fnd c ndngt step) .

7-07 F dic ng(cd tep)

8 Fnd ngwog cd tp)

eady reure agan the fene to enue amooth and aalel ut b beaue of he ze

the h board, th afey done

eea the roedre a neey t tenung and t ue a o of makng tae

t t work extemely wel nd woh heouble: unfo leany ut r dow to 1/16h th, even e! tey ae for a

mnaton the jt ghly oveednd ung a tranor tay un tem hough

e thkne ande to erae any bladearkng whe guaranteeng ontentne

do mater how eey yo t egmen,

rofeona eul uuay requre d andnghe egentend Whenjonng dark wood oark wood beaue mnue ereon nhe gue ne an be dfut to ee oetme

oble to oe andng but whenng ght-oloed wd o lgholord wood

andng the ony way to aheve the beoong jont A few turner dagree beevngha aeabe ont oble drely from

he aw bade Many yea ago Ray Alen a wenown egmented e onned e ha ndng wa woh he efo At areentaton n Povo Uah he aed aound

egment One ont had been anded beforeglng the oher had no I wa eay o ee hderene The d ander the ony aethod ha I now o or rodung the betoble jon eeally when jonng ghtoored wood So how t done?

F, you need a good ander: one tha un wth nmum wobbe and whoe andng

able ay loked a 90° to the d Not aander are but ake

he andng ha to be ha not woouo gmedu wh wood exratve h, aoDuandae roue oor gle uaand unneealy heat the wood obyaung mll hea hek n the end gn

o aheve no only good glue lne but o

ond rng, an auae andng jg reque

feety round rng are not rt, thenreehand andng an be eetv bu t ha be done a ean way

Freehan Saningn the Rub Join ue both eehand and andngg tequdeendng uon he e of the ng and themoane of t roundne f I only need al ng of ontenty ooed wd h aa veel bottom rng of ebony Ioften not

d h h



-it my ng together to check the t I caUckl deteme my agles ae rghto or fe re tght to the sde or outsde of the

g. I the feehd sd the segmetscordgy: f the t was tght to the sde Ipy a te moe pressure to the sde of thegmet·eds d vsevs Ths s pue

esswork the sze of the segmets ad thepe of wood both afect he pessure requed.eray ve lght pressue wth vey tte

ood remova s requred; I do ot ke heatgthe wood I m mosty terested

movg oy the swbade mrkgspyg ufo pssure from ed to ed

kes a tte ptce. Oe exese s to mke mrks o a segeted efoe sadg

d just a tte bt ad check to see f the marks are st bey vsbe Repet thsercse ut you a reguary achevefo emov of wood.

e goa of dsc sdg s to cee peecte es oth cly d horzotayg the mte sea Whe dog ayehd sadg t s mpotat to hod a themets the same etve posto s they

tct the spg ds I ke to pce thetsde (the oger sde) of every segmet

wrds the outsde of the sc ht 706

ows ths oetto Aer sadg the std, to sad the secod ed the segmetoud e pped upsdedow ad ed-oved s show ht 7-07 ot otated ed-tod s show ht 7-08. By tug themet upSde-dow you efectvey ease y

tca ge eor ecuse y ccuracy go posto of you sdg tae s offset

ge that your sdg te surce s at° to your dsc By ppg the segmetsg sdg ech gue ot w mate oe ge to oe 8. ge resutg fecty tght vecl glue e f you oD

dg tae settg s o ust ty bt adu do ot fp your segmets ut stead otate

em the eve f you mters fom a peect0", the segmets w fom dsh shpe udermpg pessure

ECHNIQU. CK AND SHORT·UT

7-9T

he u-ot gug teue tr wipas.

eds taly sad oy the eds that are to gued fst The sequece goes ke ths

Lay out your segmets pars the sad othe opposg eds etwee each pa

We mkg cotact wth the dsc use cut

to keep the segmets fush gst the dscde the segmet a shot dstce ch odepedg upo the segmet sze) aog thesc eg aefu to mt equa pessureagast the dsc fom ed to ed ldg thesegmet reduces het ud-up ad poduces ette suace A smooth {amost sppe}sdg tae s esseta Iyou sdg tas at go" to the dsc ad your ter lade was

goD to the saw ed the vey lle pressueshoud e reqUed to erase a the saw-bdemkgs ood cuts eave hady ympefectons o the segmeteds

Refeg to ht 709. st oly sad thesuaces of eds 1 ad 2, 5 d 6 9 d 10. dad 14 (the red umes you wee to sdthe eds at the same tme the you woud s

detay smerg some gue oto sdsufce befoe ts assemy tme

ue ech of these pas together usg the ru t t h



Half-rings n be ud up sig he disc

dr.

ou ng lage a good dea oaonaly d-f he econ ogehe, o

ec he oea I uualy dy- he fnaquaeecon o ee f hey ae gong om wo ma halve I adu he mehly by dc andng o acheve wochng damee befoe he fnal aemby

he hal-ecton h enue ha he woecon w agn wh each ohe wh

nmal modcaon hu eung n aavey ound ccle

e na gung of he wo have eque one andng of he end olowed by anamnaon of he nal on wh a bghh behnd he n h na andng job

be a e cky dependng upon he ovealfng ze epecay f he damee of he-eon oe o he damee of you

ndng dc When andng lage haf-ngu wl be andng one end agan he de of

dc ha oang up wh he ohe endhe down de a hown n ph 71. heaon o he dc a ndcaed counekwe meanng he dc w ry o pc up

ghhand end of he ha-ng hue a m hand on he up de o eep hefng n conac wh he able uface o in' be hown.

TECHNIQUES, TRKS AND SHOR-Cu

7-12 Ths i ng is oo large sd bo ends

one ime

he nde damee moe wood omemeemoved owad he oude edge o he hafeon caung a gh gap owardheoude of he gue o T why mpoan o chec he wh a bgh lghgap doe ex afe ver lgh andng hen yhave wo emede: play aound wh he dc

ande a you and only ne end a a me (h how I uualy do ), o hand and he endug andpape adhed o a mooh lauace uch a a pee oMOF Hand-andgeae when he andpape atonay,aowng you o ub he ha-eton aco Once a good nal aeed hen ma mae of gung ogehe he wo hve, uhoe camp o bbe band fo peue

Exemely age hang hoe age han damee of he andng dc have o be andone end a a me Phot 7-12 how uch anexample The dc 20 nche n damee anhe ha-ng 26 nche n dameeAaccuae uface can l be anded bu cnequre a numbe o aandeo atempSand a e and chec he f epeaedly un

no vbe lgh come hough he onFeehand-anded ub on houd ony be uon mal ng o when pefe oundne IS n

l h h d d d



4 The sandng tbe aligmet is portat.

yo c g te devce Spy ee cotv to potec te MDF. ve o oott w educe co wt te dg

be d ow eget to de ey. Be uecot bot de eqy wt , o teDFdoe ot wp

To ke ece fo te dg top-bock

m gt ged pece of dwood tee eg te wdt o te pto dout 2 ce to 3 e wde; phoo 71 you

ee pece o pupeet tced tote ee of t ptfo. Put bee og teto og edge tt ce to te gt e ueew d gue to t e pece co ted ed of e pto ve o go"

get w te d ue tt you

c otto ( you ce t) coteockweyou dc otte te ote deto teto te fce t te ote ed

e ex tep te dg top-bock ece of tbe tgtged dwood Ied ete) wt ge t oe ed teood e cey deute coeeute becue t dbe d

eoy tbe e go to cete ect ge betwee te ed of e top bockd e dg dc. e wdt o te op

oc deped po te vege ze o ou

tCHNIQUES RK,AD H

RT

UT

S

te top bock od be wde eege. e top bo phoo 7-13 wceted to d eget wt 1.5 gee top bock ge eed o be 25 becuepeet te oe ge o te eget(bot ed. e pce bewee te op bockd e dc epeet te deed ege

ge d eg Notce photo 713 tt oddow cp pOtoed o ece etop boc to te jg po t topbock oe ed w ct t 22 d e oteed w ef og o djbe topcod be ed djbe ttopcoto te out o pobe wood eocetg cotet eg .

• o cete e t top, ct 3/8-c wd

ot bot4 ce og dow te cete o ttop boc t te oppote ed fo te gect. e t top c be ot g I

ed tued cce of dwood w /8c oe te ceteA /8c cge bow ued to t te od t top o tudede o te dg topboc togte o e egt d poto o te ot

oud ow te ged ed to be djtbe

o eo to bout4 ce wy fo te do wtee dtce you pedct w tc

yo oget eget

Here is ow thejigwork:

efoe tg o te de, pce oeegeted gt te dg dc d tote d gt te ged ed of te dtopbock but do ot boo out te de

coe o te eget gt te ttofece ote wod dut te poto of tdg topbock o tt g gp extbetwee te tto ece d te decoe o te eget

ece te dg topboc wt te oddow cp d gte te cge bot we t-top ed g te de o teptfo

d oe ed o you detc eget dg te eg og e ed o te tob t t b t t



HE AR O SMEE WOOR

5 The stop block angle mut be eect

itio by dg te jg og te dic te

et re it' det to e rev too (photo 7-13)

t te od-dow t oced, ooederde iit to d ce ti i

wee te iit to d te ide of tedg ed. For I y e tc

ce of cd toc er or iece of ticeer Retigte te it to wie odig

ce

wooe te to-boc c (te odw ee i poto 73, reove te reotio te dig to-boc wittbe it-to git te for ide,

d te re- wit te od-dow t i ier t it od e tice of te dctte te ot of djtet

wrd te dg dc d eq te

ot of wood tt w be ded off teod ed By dtig te dg to-bocti er yo w void vg to fddet te dtet Yo be be to qcy

void dg ore t ece

Wt te dg toboc reotoed te oter ed of te eget

By ow yo od ve good ide ow tdig ig wor bt before ig t tedg to-boc ge t be eecte

yo were icrediby cy we yo ct tige, it wi be excty 22.5

� More t eyte ge w eed itte tweg d tic reqre egty roce of tri-der

o cec d dt t ge:

Ct d d eog tet eget to for f-rig Ct fry wide eget, ice tewi ow iccry ore cery t a

oe I photo 73 d 75 te oy ege of red er o it i e tey to ee trc of to d botto Yo co ee photo 7-3 e oo too I to retrieve eget wy fo te ogdic Oe of tee i e to e o reed bet d cr of wood

Aer dig te eget ebe tegit trigt edge d deteie wette ge re too cte or too obte Hoete eeded corretio i d ere i wtg c get ie cofig tet rg i e t l wic e e egere tigt towd te iide, te ec egeeed to be gy ore cte or oer ote iide) e ge bewee te to bocd te dc eed to be oeed igty, bycig few yer of ig te o tefece t e ed coet to te dc Photo 73

ow ow te be te i ffet te gtwee te to bo d te dc eddtio of te te cged te ge ofte to boc o tt e ext tet egetbe gty er ge f e tet ig w ore O", te ce te te te oer ed of te fece gide

Wit te ig te dtet i cedt te dg toboc gty coe tte dic, e-d te eget d cec terig cccy g Reet te roede U



l save much more tme ater

nce he es hlf-ring s perect. sand enough

gmes to form a compee rng Secure he

gmens n a hose amp (or rbber bands) and

spect he fi agans a brgh ight There

oud be no igh visble hrough he seams. If

cessay. tweak the angle one more time

naze he ange a he end of he sopock remoe the tape shms and pace one ofe pee segmens agnst the fence Asow n photo 7-15. carefuy poson the stopoc agins the segmenend and mae ghtnat h he sanding isc o create thequred perfec 2.5° ange

s prfec ange no remain perfec if anyhe componens becomes aered mos eye gmen of the sanding abe th hec. If your rngs sta o sho inaccuracy,

e he mier so agnmen frs hesecons hae resed n a sandng sop

o for 6segmen rings Oher anges can beaed using he same procedures and one jig

dy c be used h n assortmen of

ndng sop-bosJe I hae used sanding gs for many yes, Ired the echnque of usng masng ape toust he sandng boc om Crt heobad a

er from Wyomng a a AAW symposumPasadena Caforni His tric can sae yours of adusment fidding and an accurate

ndng g can sae you hours of rng assembyme. Frequenty sde he g o uze he

dh of your dsc espeiay hen sandngny oiy segmens. Reerse direcon on a

ndng dsc s a handy feature another set-upn be instaed a the oher end of he g hus

reasng he fe of he sandpaper Do no usee ig to corec gossy inaccurae mer cus.A bade removes oo much more efcenty sandpaper so ae he tme to adus you as accuraey as possbe to mnmze

ndng he guing echnque for assembnggs is discussed aer n hs chaper

THNIQUE, TIK. AND SHOR-CU

7-16 Acuate tigt glue les are aceved by

ds sandng.

I

2 _ 45 FI'

6

1 0�

2 l 3 i4 5

7'7 These are e diua steps o cees ee rig ooe

Disc Sander Fiting

Feature Ring ComponentsFeaure rng components oten requre detapanng. hey can be a puze, requrng

hough o determne he bes sequence ofseps As desgns become more compcaed order which you add peces becomes ctcIt pays o it d l f t k b f



9 Two opposie ml pr wll sorby misaligmens.

uig Sgm ghrh Ha-ng hodhe n-efc eult of g jg,men do o ve o glud n

d the u ont tehque A fey, e fng mhod c e ued

ml o gug o t egmen oge te e wth oe g eece: two ot e

glued g-nng ll hegmntnd, he g hould - ndeked o u gt gh ght, ow n oo 7-18. I ue celg-mouned0w o check ded g.

cmng h e efec,h ee of e woo to the

ne e of egment nd ung tl

o gue o doue-dd t o 7-19).gthe gue u ee o do no ecevee he ce c flm o yo wl akn u he e the ovde

u nd m w comed ngc he ce o mn d h iow oo 72 Ae h gue h uedwo hlv c ken touched uhe d nd nee te glud

gehe o omlee ng he key e wh ehnue She f o h h o nea eec whch eqng ece dgg 1 you nge

TECNIQUS TRCK, AD HORUS

720 Spa p r two pee

o he hoe clm t o om e n kel eae em omwhee wth g I am gung oghe ot of g th me hen I uua gngut tak oml /8-nh dow no ho ec hentch them ug ut db o gu heoune o h dowel cee ve eeclcum

Th AlAt-OnTm hodhe --onetme meod u wh olke to te ha·ng mehod xcthee o om o , nd eo occoy E ont i gud dlmd one me ceay ft thoheque u t o moe k o ue condo houd l he d

t of te g houd ef o he aked ed e hod no e ny ght-cooedolghooed eam. he codo exlan.he ecod codton gh o ghoud ao b o nd dk woodhd e meo muh me ffecveh ghcoloed We gng n etng ne oy k oe egme ghout o e o he ng I te egm f

efectl when d-mpd he teno cy when gued u l e e n e me oto th w dg he f movng o che o ucce e



ECHNQUS TRICKS, AD ORUS 4

3 A di sade c b ed to flate oe sde ofa rng.

e-tme gug jobs; I eqety use spaces glue l-gs as posly es

te: Rubber bands shuld n be used with

yurethane glue, baue i exands as i uresd

equres me erinngjrce.ave ou that whe sg Ttebo, I haeough te to glue up to a mum o 36ge segmets at oe tme (poe the

matue s coo). the tempatue s the 36 s too my. he hae too

y peces wt a g to glue at oe tmee I glue pas togethe theeby eucg byl the umbe glue ots that I hae to eal

th i oe opeato. As a e I wat the stt that ecees gue to ema sppey t Imp ao the Whoe sembly a check

e e agmets Fo the oce let me

en Rn knSegmete gs always ee atteg beoattachmet to othe gs Hee s how I su

o t e I ee to ge a smal g ueches amete oto a esse say use m20-ch sc sae to smooth oe se Mysae has a ecay austabe sag tabthat ca quckly cake out o the wyowg access to the ete sc I smplyhao the g gt he sc a make ew wg motos Bogt sapape qUckattes a smooths the suace theeby

ceatg oe se o a tght glue le beweeayes I the g s th age mkg tclt /o ageos to hol agast thec the I mae a tempo hae by hot



0 HE A OF SEGMNTD WOOTURNIN

24

T 1/2-in bow goug i s by far y ost-

se ut oo

6 Te fate of i fce eedprvnt

here e me when the c opo ot vlble o o. For exmpe o b

ee b ck , o ho en theppeo r ce o e he, beehw ene tht the e em peo ech oe Lthe-lte vey cce

e moe meconmg n eqe te pctce. Whethe yo e te

peey e ce op rm o

725 Cecking r fan requie goo

aly straght dg..

77 s dimn-poi to s vateily rshapn, an de e job oM

•r, I/2-ch bow gge, I t we oe e coe oe een

h et o hpe, whc mpee to mo (phot 7-24).

•

NxtI

e my bw oe o ooh he

ce. Th ep reove e qeeze

n emne he re beween eme

he exc ype o c tht y e pe



I t, IK D OT-

8 Uing a fat nng blo i the a step pro to glig th nxt ig.

th g g det motfco

Now to the athe d y (d yget) t the ufc. If th fc ooth, c te tght edg co t

fc m d to d Smoot t ot th m thg By hodg

m ght hght d tght dg,I

c the c fo fte To che ht gu twe y the two cve to ey t

dg o th t o myto I he t moe wood of thght Pts -25 d 26 how thc etw cct d ot qut ogh he tght dg h to

my tght you hv to tk yo ook t th ott etwe t ad thg ce My go to che fytt ght tf om the u

At th tg, to mk y fn djutmto wtch to ma do-ot ged h-cig ototc th e (ph 27 m toowh t ghty ctg edg ow mto mo y ty hg my tak mo mt to gt t ght We th

fttg wd egmt g 2 hto 4 ch fom otd to d) the ou q e mo ttmt

I cot oy e th moc ofcut g eg I tkg tmdg t maet dfce dett the kd y ph -5 d 6, thfc o th oy g dy wi thhoy g d jut t mo hvd off

towd th d yo m th ghttcomom, you cota tw twomc f, d th th o codcom doud d uccte Th



TECNIQUES, RKS. AD HO-S 5

0 Uing your lthe' taiock wks w fo etg ad amp.

g te t btwe te

e g te y . j eto t t t q a e

e of ee Nowg e gg yo ve o g t e a e e et e ot e

te l, eg a y b by eyebg /o g y geto gg te g o ey

e w w g y oe jg Ay e g e te e o ot t tey o ge ey ty Te o e o b g btw 00 3 og o te tl e , eogoe ex g o t a gt o betwee

e o e gg yetTe e ex ove oge (Se) g e

o g M tg t g g

e a t e ge ge n o7-,0 I jog ge g o a I y t h g t t w e t g e g wt tt e tte ee o g e t a g/eg e w y w t t o w bt

I og w o w I wt t g t ty g o b oe e o b o th t y g bee- o MF w te e be eo tote g by g ttto te e

Beo yg ge wy o te te ot get

e o . y g bo bg t to



4 H AT OF EGM WOOTUI

3' Unmouted thin ring can ejoined with sprng camp.

ohTs reads the gle eveny, sae a ab jont Aign the tw enc arks and ayddtnal resre ng e aocghenng-handlePhoto 7-30 shows he woen ar on the binga and hy yre n a hy and he eperare war, yo

an eove e asseby fro the athe afebot ten nte i gng techniqe wr

wel on sall- o ed-ized rng

egened os can contan doen layerst no neceay in those ayers one at aie o eed the ces, conder onngwo ing t r a cer rng Afe ng

te the dic ander r the ahe t atten teng sfaces, ing can e aed tgeew srng am a hwn photo 7-31.

Uses ofMDF(Medium Density Fiberboard)he desgn f sma tng ay cal fr

smal h ngs; t seed he ce cnoidating dzen of a ings, I e

deved a techne ngMDF crces creaMFdsc ng large hoe saw on a drl eecase the he saw ct a ond dsc with acentered 1/4-inch hole By enargg he cent

he to 5/16 inch t accodates 6ncot or a-thread, whch when ed trogh t

hes, atacay centes he two g By

centerng and aachng ring onto heeMD

crces, cn t the tgether wtot e

concerned aot the cenerng, th allowy atentn focs on rtaona align

Using a snge caage bt, a coe ofwa

and a wing nt I canon aened rng



2 MDF ls ar vry hany as temaryst blocks

e-saw cicles ono lag cicls o MF, Imout discand ad gle toghe lag

ofng vy y.Ant of MDls shown nphoto 732 By usng oly

al bead o ho-mt gle ing ca bemovd asy om these ccls ad hs

ny epat ue ae possib Inphoto 33 Ijog a single g onto a tack o

viosly gld gs. On he udde o he ck aoher 3inch iame MD cice aca man o ahemou the aembly ungojaw cuc In he phoo he dedeD cle is lampd a se whch mas

ibl o wit the ppe M cicle sing age pa o goovon lies At he gluehown has cd h asemby wl be

emond the maeend MD ccle wilemovd and he next gu uace wl be helaened en aohe ng ha han dcade atend w b oined jtawn nphot 733. hs enque i a bgave whn ace wth conodatng manygs Mo xames o s echnie aewn in Chape 1

w tps abo hoe sawing M cicles:

TECHNIQUS. RK, ADSHRT 5

7-33 A ntd bot an t wok wl flampng small rings.

• Oen he hoe aw edge slighy od hedg o th M boa so ha ceas aescape o he sawdst s is ssenia

ohewise you w gneat oo much hea• e he op on yo di pe qil o hatyo cu amo a he way hgh hemaeia b not qute.

• ip he boad ove to comple h ct whimaes i easy o move e dsc om th holsaw. Wh a litt pacce t c dc ca betved whou stoppg he i.

• Cing all he way hough om one dap th cce deep nid he hoe aw andee tedo emova

I s a lo o MD boh 3/4nch and 1chckei s elatvy nxsiv anexmey vesai wv i ofochemca adhes at oduc veunpeasan awdust.A good dst ma ad a

dst exacion ysem ae sna M guand hold scew wel makng dal o jigbldng as wel a o lahmon waboc I yo a not amlia wt M t



6 TE O MD WODN

4 Venee can be ue as a eign eemen.

3 Veeer rp acked bewee MOF culsn be qukl cu n egmes

yo howee: MDF hl o be ea we bl f lage e le eee by e ogew Fexale, ge e MD oa ag

g he fo-jawhbee te MD be elaewo efg w Nbe 14

he ew legh e y he f ahg feae

W Veee

eee ly e gw b f Poo 734 hos ele f ee ea e fa eAg al g ba aly e g' eeEe hgh eee qe h ha ge h be ee a y we e ee f w. yo ee oe a hzl ye f eee bewe he g f w he hol beegee e ae he he ege o g e woely be l ee o gle e age eof eee heeby g e a hae awh ey al ee obably a obe Wh ge ee eefologe ege wol be y o wh oe ee ofghooe eeehe

e wh ee e gawol aeae ha e he wo e Moy I ee holy eee f lgh o ebn-x o wut f dk contrst. I tpicaly

ee a y of eee e beeew ee of MDF o aleboa a ghyee wh g ae h 735 Weee g f eee ege J gag- ho he e aw The w bae w oefacture a few pieces, so i s goo ideatoalwys cut few extra.

o eble eee ege o g e

ag e o ge oo he ege

o oo MD ae ay a aee ofae o ho eah o ghy ogeh

Mag ae oe o ae eth



esure be apped bewee the veneergmen-ed. Oe a a me ape he egmegeher il wo eprate hve ext he fithe two have ometme reqre a lle

cp o the dc ader d he hey oo be ped ogeher rm a mplee rgp736 how a egtpee veeer rg

he pro of beg taped tgether heeer egmet were gag-cu he mter

w at 2.50 t form the cmplee rcle he frgmet at the bottm of 736 have beeped together edtoed t frm haf fhe

g Aer jig the he fur egmet theote two hve w be cheked adjued eceary

ie pg pree required oe veeer rig ot ather e Pae a

pee bber (a ter pad wrk we) omth e ut a pee f wx pper he

bber pad and plae he veer rig o he wxper aped ide dw pead ge bhae ad clamp he it wth lghty me

rm prre e my wkbech wihuh lamp fm the eig bu ay hermpig ehe e pble i imprt

t befre applyg gle yu chek the eveethe vee egme becue neapped piee veeer w the ie rubber p ere dsribuio of

pg pree t e veeer egmetoe of he veeer pece were jut ghty

ker or er the ut he ubbe pad r gle le cud re e bber pad eay dferee T prepare the veer layer

r te rg the tug e a the tlut wy the overhgg exce veeer dhty th p wth a adg bk

ow to Mak Ebon-xck veeer expeve d ot mmlyiable ht' why cree my w by dyeig

l veeer ohewie kow ebo-x Thihe y ime ever aler he trl lor f

y of my wod a imple proe:

t wut veeer to piee tht wil ftto arge bkg dh (9 h by ich by work you equr rger piee the

NIQUS, KS AND HR-US 5

37 Mg w rings one cn e te

• ake a l f apple Cder vegr adi fig I hred a pad rutedtee wad let t ak ithe vegar fr a ew day

hag it ay

• tk the veee i he bkig dh e piece a ime wie prig the lut ot eheet makg t urae receiv aaig

• op f he pa with y remaig uicvr wh pece f platic wap ad ak heveeer r cupe f day

• emve he veeer e hee a a me adtck he piece ealy wh a whie pper towadwihed bewee eah heet lce a atbard to he tp f he ak ad weigh i lmp it gether

• Aow he we veeer t hroughly ,wch a take evera week

n Rnn Me Rnhi t it t itelf



8 THE ART OF SEMENTE WOODUNING

38 Smal plug can be ud in vel bass.

sign tha cl for my hot (ess h 1/-ch a) rigs By fst cotug Ich tl

ng d he iing each wo ng, youw reduce ig costuco me (photo7-3)

spl mal rgs n the the

Dscad bh hrizoa urface then uemet gue to centermout a rud pece fF on each uace Th M crce houd be

m enugh a furjaw chuckud have a ceeld he a aew chuk

Mu he asemby ad t e uideofle oud Use a pag ol to separae the

ng t tw haves Smemewhe faedh th spltg of ag g nead ofmpleeypng h rgs I oly cu abut

fy thrugh wh he tg to ad ue and saw o cmpete the cu. Ti aVOid te skatcig a sepaated hfng Cug rdecs a bd w is o a ecmmeded

cce; hoe i c be safy doe usig ees that the M e rovde ho 7-

a 2c rig of eboy egmets i eiged. ths stuato do t wa t cu ae way thoug the g for fear of oig e k ti Th f l h lf

7-39 Mak tapr opins o lug

Th eu s w muted ad ceered ig

The rigs ae avb r u a ayorig g hem n e de of a feag e pt Lk f thes pond save yursef g ambly tme d e

chaer ohe metd f g itiusng a tabe saw s demntaed.

Vessel Bases

Tapered PlugsThere are thee basc wys to ctru tebtom f a ves: f ma bases r e ao

ece f wd u whc aye of ring arattached f sighy argr bes I ike a risegmets uruding a aped pug ad farg baes a flag scsped pugobest. The gal s o crea asembly that become eresd due inevtablewod vement.

May segmeted uers bud al of theres by sag wih a id ece ofad you mgh be hinkg "Why ot? Wecotg al tugs wh m bahere is prbably tle reaso t to at i



n loks bete Rmmbe changes inostu conn w res movemntrpedicul o he ga dieion (Cae 5mll plug insid a wide ing ofsgments sng o mv lss ha a lage and wde solidc of wod addon if you use a widd pic of wood alon hn h wo sdes

playng ndgan w on finish in ake coo compaed to e ohe wo sids

the consdaton is th type ofwood yuect f e vessel bttm: you wan vyble Study th ga pans ad toc wod that is qu-sawn Exin theds a fw bads ad if possible usmeing a dspays grwh ngs paael

e dg of e bad s oppsd t gowhgs paall th suface f th badnally this type f gai onatn s mebl ad the pec of wood will mv lssh humdy cges

utly fitting a plug it a g f sgmenses a littl patce ta by using calpshec damt and enage the nsde fring s t dsied plug diamete w

ight ap th un a sghy tapeed pugttl lag tan h g's nsid dame.t 7-38 shws a sl taped hlly pugdy o b glud a base ig

w mun he bas ng n t ah andefly emv matal chckig th fituny As yu get cls t a gd ft you ned ca matcg ape angles st th fi s gd on bh he nsd andsde f h vessl T d ts make su atbtom o awest part f the f s igt ad thn take vey sa cus untl thf f cmes ogeth f yu frst

ncnta on t outsd hn you haveway f dtemining h accuacy of t fth the sid

oth tchnue nc you ae vey close to a

od ft nvolvs nsng h plug into g whle e a s spnning. hs wlmediatey indcate e ocatn f anytnss by slightly bing th plug Yu

EIQUS, T D SHOs

you ands Keep a fim g nd nse te puwh exem genleness Aso no o ceada bun maks which w harm the gluejon f a dark bun dos occu stop worng th ng and remon h pug o move ebu n gneal ty o avod using thstcniu because buished wood dos no

glu eiaby

Wn dong nal ttng of a plug suc ashs k to us a sma damodpointdsape whch gid fom /nc suatug stl a she scaping psition itlows m t tak vey smal cuts and givs mh necssa cono phto 7-) Rememberfnze the lug hae frt and ten hethe hle in the ring by vey grduayenlarging the bttm of the hle utl the tseam cme tgether

Floang Diss pst abu th ly glulin stabltypobls h have xprincd av ben th base ing aa v ime a fw ag szpugs hav spl sepaad m thir

suunding ng ve tugh h plugs weeaivey smal (ude 4 nces the wod gwas sticed fom mvemt and thesultng sss causd an nsghtly defcWhle ts has nt bee a commn occncus onc is e my happnd tomentn hs pblm t a good fd BceFdeich wh s a ve accmpshed eAubu Califa Most of Bucs wk is w

sd wd o segmnd but h gt mtig abut usng a difren technu casualy suggstd "Why d' yuust makh bas a? Cabins hav addesspedictabl wd mvmen pbms focnuies by usng fae·andpanlcnsuctn so why no us he smpincpls in the bas f a vessel? hs as snbcom my pefd mehod costucng

ag vessl basess yp of bas plug is aualy ease t ban a pcsly fed pug he pcdue is



HE AR OF SGMENTE WOODUNIN

0 ge base reque a oatng plg.

' Ge oy whee the aows oit

m t od oh de d otde

T eeed gove bt 1/4 ch deed /4 h wde to the de of he goto7-0 how ey g wh th tye

govem od 1/4h thk d o woodto tde h goove (oto -0) Ue e

etwee the d d the de of the goove d how hoto-0 w be ed ddow whe t eed to the goove oy two d o ge t eh edg

de o te g, ece the d to the eteoe goove g e e g exo eh de (hoto 7- the two hoto hve dted the gg oto Po togg e d to e o y ot te w to t edge h e e wood dhe kee ge o tkg to te edge dthe ex ge job

• Now, tm he e g d the otde 1/2h o e d d ooh d tm theete oo o e d ghty ove otht t doe ot teee wth the of he g Be gete bee the d oy ed e by two d of ge

• o ee tht e d e ee to vbeoe gg o the e g y ete wx od t otde e yo

oey the d phoo - yo eeth

dooo wx od he cee

e Q to y the w d be e

VOd eg y w t he ode g



hld e smaer than e dameter of e dsc,ereby hid the pen seam. In this examplee ne in is shwn in he ackd f

h 7-4·

e net step s t glue the adjni rnt place Use a miimum amt f lue and

ead it vey thin nea the expansin aphe al is t pevent e squeeze-ut fm

ten the ap and restrictin the isc'svement he ny lue tat shu cntacte disc shuld e the tw das that hld it inace

hen usi ths tecique e finamensns ad shape f the vessel pfile ande pstin f the dis must e well planed

urin the fial shapin the vesselse yu ceainy wld nt wat t ctuh t the inside dis rve his type fu as requres that the shape f the vesselstm cntain a depressin yu cant te ase at

is med alow e pu t sh andsl,ad t alws the vessel was t mve

dependently a simpe ut vey fectiveuti t a vey ayin plem Y evew what mht resut cmmunicatin few wtue thank t Brceedech f he suesti

mproving Eficiencye may activtes eperence usualy resutseasier and qcke tehiques I ca lk aksme f my ealiest wrk and rememe hwnuly sl the fms tk shape Genter requires anaynahe steps hatwreured and fr ppnties t

mnate cnsdate sme f theA fewamples:

mensin al yur ds at the same tme

When pssle stak strips f wd and a

t sements

uep thck rns that an e split ntutple rns

EHNIQUES. TRCKS,AD SHOR-CU 6

tp the middle he ase e feate rin)

• Iyu ae makin a timecnsumicmplicated eement that eqies lts fmahney setp time cnsde man mrean ne Lk f prunties t cpatehe element it te tuns

• Make multiples f the same tin theeyinreasn eiceny see Chapte 12, Prduiurnin)

• Lk eynd y uent pec hi ahw y curent acivties ht affect yfuue tus



2 TH A O SMN OODNN

1 PP BO n a mpl fr tl rq arl lann



THEDGN CESS

8.

The Desgn Process you have al your ools sp. yo haveandyour shop nd yo are ready o reate

r rst segmened trnng What doyoae? he hoies are endess that's one of teeat joys o segmened work Yo a reaet about ny shape hat yo desire sig mosy type of wd tat yo have avaabe urse, as shapes ad desgn omponents

ome more omplex then the design proesscmes mor ompl ml desigsbri·aid open bowl shapes bu even wh

mpe shapes nd designs acate asmbly isportant A loo a poo 801 shows a liddeden bowl relatvely easy to trn b stllrg aefl onsution nd alignmen f

e segmen g mponents

osed forms (vesses wi sma op openngs)

a poplar hoie Tis sape is aallyh easier rn as a segmened piempared o rning e sape rom a od

of wood The reason: yo n reae eape s two separae pen trnings and hen te seins togeter here is no srggigh ng blind r wi e difly of

movg wood thgh a smal opening FOR TKING, a exampe o a osed ug at

s onstred seons is shown in p02

ile the vessel is eaiy e mst ommonpe o form reaed n he lae yo are no

ed to vesse orms Qte the ntrulpraJ orms en stnd o. nd reeive

ention and ineres frm he vewng publi have endess hoies o shape and or nd ave the abity to cobine hose shapes toae aying that yo desire An example ofptra orm MYL MOONS is shown ino 803 e reaive nd eel free o ae a

Den Regdless of what type of orm yo hoose tcreate the shape is what maers mostInterestg exoti wds ad patterns noterase he pialls of a pleasing shape Ireommend yo fis fos on he speabe a ese Petend tat yo ae mng asolid blaolored orm As yorsl "Cn th

shape be imprd Loo a he nes tha ydesgn and dede i ey ow smoohy heree many diferent opnions regrdng godform. b I tn mst resped ers woagree a the profe lnes yor shape shouay hge direin as gradaly aspossible h f a piece o sring freelyspended between wo poins, ompared to tsae piee sring wt a weig attaed

mewhere alg is lengh Gavy rms am mre peasing shape wh te eighsig you vry he separation and/reevtin o the two ends the strng te shages bt genery remns pleaSing Mopleasing forms n be reated by ombingseions of differen gavtyoed uves oemphasize ti e me say a I m a bg fae panish arte nt adi wo

designed many fan bdings in aren he 1890S and early 95 One f his desigehnies ws o reate a psidedown moo is bldings by hnging stngmountedelemens above a arge mior y vewng hemiror mage he od se s reaion right sp n exmple of his geniU is on splay at agrada Famia aedra in areona If yoappeiate wimsial ivate ntae

arhitetr design hen e ot the wor nonio audi a y pbi libry or bsHis wor migh even inspire yo o go llywhere no oher rner has gone before



4 TH AR Of SM W

uy look Sve for a vessel base that is norger than needed for stability. smal base oen gve ife to you shape One tric,

hch Ipicked up fom the late Gene Pozses iscreate a smal a gap at the edge of yoursse's base wch will give the illusion thate vessel s oating. In othe words hide the

ntact pont between the vessels base and therace upon which it sits nothe tip that Icked up a ong time ago om the wel-known

ner Davd Elswoth: look at you designside down t should remain just as peasing

ssel wa thcness has an eec and pocseeling Thee is no fomua for proper wacess athough in general the smaller thenng the thne the wal s alsootant that the wal thiness be consistentm top to boom he wd s going to move;onsistent thicnesses cod cause

even movement and resut in unwantedess If you tk of wood movement as acentage of ts dmension then it s logicaat the smae the dimenson, the smale thea movement I generaly strve for about 1/8h wa thickness on small tngs, up to

out 3/8 on large pieces

od fom is pehaps the most dicult aspecwood tunng to acheve and undestand Iow that I continue to learn with every peceat I make A Supreme Cour justice once said

had diiclty describng poography butnew t wen he saw it Good design is asoicut to descrbe but qucly and easiy

cognized suggest studying te woks of theastes and not ust of othe wootuners istmuseums look at works done in ceramic and

ass. Study the forms that nate createscause natuay ocurring shapes are amonge vey best o not be fooled into thnkngat a specaa pece of wood o aiculaly complex segmented design wlercome an unpleasing shape

onsegmented woodturnes study thei nexece o w befoe decding what shape torn and they make the decisons on theaacteistics of tat piece ofwood Segmented

of studyng a bloc of wood I oen study mywood inventor and then design based on wh

I have availabe you do not ow much of aninventory, then you need to anayze what savaiable at you supplier You do not want tonea te competon of a turnng ony todiscover that you do not have enough woo of

pacular ye Whle you mght be able toacquire anothe boad its gran and colorngmight not match the rest of yo tuning andyou wil reget you lack of panning real1ypays to plan ahead

One easily made mistae is usig your boadsas you need tem durng the conston of atuing your boards were not sequentalycut rom the same log then their coloringpobaby wl dife. If you use of one boadbefore cuing ito the nex boad then you

the risk of uwated olor breas i yourturnng For a more consstent look t s bteto use a litle of eac board as you buid yorigs ten the colo differences will be randoand the eec wll be a bending ofthe colors

It s vey common to incorpoate sevea

derent ypes or coors of wood nto asegmented ing. hat is anothe eason thstyle of tung is so much n. he colors catc

the eye and eay sepaate ths style fom sowood forms. s ver easy to ovedo t and Ihave ertainy been guilty ofthe oveuse of

multpe wood es Usng many dierenttypes of wood is not always a bad thng onejust has to be aware that it can be overdone an

that too many coos can esult i a busytuning Sometmes less is bette

s you design your turnings you must makemany other decisons One choce s the numb

ofsegments to include in each ing of theconstuction his is a key decision that canhave a dramatc efect on the appearance ofyour tunng here are no minmums ormaxmums it is up to you he advatage of

fewe segments s you wl not have to ct andglue as many inddua piecs of wdHowever f you choose too few youturnngmay appea clnky o heay and t may not



mer of segments per ring becomes fewer

e shapness of the ing coner joints

eases, and you will have to contend with

d-gain chpout dung the turning proces.

nversely the moe segments per ing the

e gente the coes and as a result, the

apng on the lahe wi go moe smoothly.

a geneal pacce I avoid constucing ingsh fewe than 10 segments and 12 to 24

ments pe ng s more the nom. On largemetes (20 plus inches) 24 to 60 segmentsuld be consieed Even on lage tuningsments that ae longe than 5 nches usuay

pea too big Try to vsualize the appeaanceoe decidng upon the number of segments

oe decding calcuate the segment lengthsbo the argest and the smalest ngs

e to maintain the same number of segmentsring thoughout the tung t is ceainlysible to vay the numbe of segments pe

g, howeve would recommend that you don a way that s not mmediatey apparent to

vewer

ardng staved constuction you do not havesame segment cone issues while tuningprfile but you eed to selec a number o

ves that ceates a nce proporton to the sie of you design A column ceated

m only thee o fou staves s pSble butmght as wel tun a sod bloc of wood to construct staved vessel foms wth a

imum of eght staves A big concern with

ve constucion s "How do you add anyes above o below the staved poon of the?"The wood grain n the staves is vetica:

we have to maintan the same ganentation in the othe adjacent componentsgenera the answe is yes, ahough have tom that I dd not aways do this in some of

ealy tunngs and many o them havevved fo many years ut a few have note success o falure of perpendicula-gane lins mosty depends upon the ength ofjont hort ntesections of opposing gan

eon are much moe ely to succeed

E IG PC

804 e1gn can e et b bcgfeet cooe oo

constucon of a staved vessel and I ofer asoluton to the gain oientation challenge

ee Ringst s commo for segmented vesses to cotaneature ring wthin thei desgn a decoat

that adds inteest o the viewe The numbedesign elements shoud correspond to thenumbe o segments hat compise the otherngs in the turning Fo example decided construc a tung wth eight Indan blaketdesgns postioned ound t then I woudomaly bud the ohe igs wth eghtsxeen, o entyou segments This woudlow me to align l the ings in a banced

confguation I do not want to ceate aconguration that dispays dramatc dfeenn the alignment of the veca glue jointsbetween ayes whch would occur if al heings wee not mupes of each other. n modesgns I thin a lack of symmet between t

vertical glue nes creates an unpleasg eecathough there ae exceptions such as whenusng andomness as a desgn element

What ae the choes egadng featue ngdesigns Hee agan here are endess chocesand you have the opportUny to create



6 T ATOf SMND WDI

05 rge dmd requre te ue f n

06 A ouer reed he eng fr h lm p.

sowe Indian otey and bakey avead a ig infence on egmened woodegn Thei geomec deign lend

hemee ey nicey o he aembly poceof egmented wok, whch i wy o many

egmened ne hae foced on hee yof degn ohwe deign ao ee o

qte oa wih e yng c oae cetay no limied to them Qehecontay becae tee o mch ndawok eing done, encoage yo to epoe

othe oiilie

ckad deign aea eaiely Sie baccate concon and aignmen oheing i eena and n a lage deign

oatona agnment ey diffcl tomanain Comlee ee can e cnctn i manne o he incacy o yo de comleey yo decion h ye ofcontcon ey able becae te wgain conSenly hozona ccefagnmen o he egmen doe eie ong. Rng a ae j lgly oa w cnea egmen lengh and e e

conency n Cae , a odon mla bc-lad ee i eened naddton o ck ayng wt ea-ied

egmen neal egmen leng ao caed. To aoid conion dng contctoyo deinely need a deaed kec omwhch to wok.

Damond ceaed wh a dc ande aeanothe choice and tey ae acaly qieme o make Poo 805 how a ae ladamond deign (aot -1/ inche wde) fook ey coely, te ode of aemy ca een. oo 8-06 how a oeceaeddamond deSgn; done e dffeentleiing ece woodwokng l. hediamond in oo 8-6 i acaly e n

nc wide ee Cae o dealedinton egadng boh o hee ecn

Zgag aten ae meconmng beime eWe The amle n oo 81

mal 3 nc lidded o e id ha been



8 ia lank gn ar ay n yow the ck

y ca be flat or steep depedig upo ete agles. Deailed step-by-step sucioso peseted Capte

ee ae coutess varatos of Ida baetgs (oto 88) Tese desgs ae easiy

eed by executg umeous ooogps as descbed ate 9.

ave a sgatue eemet t s pobabyoes or segmets it dos Teyvide a oppouty or corporatg

dless desgs to you tugs Te sampe poo 89 s qute sma ad dspays

al c cabocos o macassa eboy ve aso used stoe cabocos some of my

oe deSgs Lage dos ca be useddspay maquety desgs; te tecque s

eed i deta apter 5. e curedces of maple te poto esult from

posg a ayer it te segmets aoteique coveed ape 13-

ture rigs ae usuay e focus of a ugey grab te veer's ateto ad teyvde may oppotutes o expessg youativty ese e exampes baey scatc

suface of possbe desgs you eedoe spato o additioal ideas vestgatee pubic domai desgns of te pas oo atcet Egypta a da a ad compute

GN PO

809 Pl g r af la

deas surroud ou ives, toug peaps mossatsg ae te orga desgs tat e asartsts vet

Creating a Bueprint

al but te mplest o desgs you must a

a pa ca be a ad-da setc o adetaed compute dag bu YOUHVETOHVE L Befoe ceag tat pa et ue a e basc geometc pciples:

a crce cotais 36 degrees

te ccumferece of a ccle s equa o isdamete tmes p

p s equal to 3146

e dameer o a circle s equal to tscircumfeece dvded by pi

Also

ccumfeece dvded by umber of segmeequas segmet egt.

segme egt tmes umbe of segmesequas ccumferece c e diVded by

p equals dameter

Ts s most o te mat tat you eed to ot te ecepto of compoud mters



AR f SGTD WNG

The terms can become confusig.

a detee eveyhg yo eed byple ltpcato ad dvo t toay oe oo egadg

et e dee ad ltate a ewg hoo 10:

get legth legth o the og de (theoe to coe)

get wdth wdth o oad o wchae t

get heght thke o oad oeget ae ct

get age the age o ct ally 36by the be o eget dvded by 2

ge pe eget)

e ae a ew addtoa bt o oato to

a yo go abot the deg poe Ideg a tg wth g 3/4 ch ta

d yo e oad that ae 34 ch th, the tota copleted heght w e e tha

ged Whle takg the g, yo wl oee heght de to achg ad adg the

ota ace etwee g I oallyw y deg to acot o a 16h o

heght o eah g (le the tg

te al Cocdetly, the thckeeo o ay oeally avalaledwood 13/16 ch. efe, the wateto ha bee ged o yo h ay

aatg eget legth, whe yodvde cceee by e o egetyo gve eaeet a a legh (acved eaeet) o the cceececve t' ot qte the ae thg a te ego a eget whch hold e thoght o a achod legh (a taght eaeet) hdeece ca aly be goed aeyae a deece eae a lte xathe geeay added to the eeddaete ad to the wdth o the egetdg the deg poceI yo cotetygoe th deece thoghot the etehape, eveyhg hold e p jt e I oeto t o the ath whz who ghteto y calato ethod

Uing Graph PaperCopte ae powel too, t they e oeceay o ceatg alty deg A ewth a good eae oe gaph pape ad ale ae al yo eed Ft, decde o teoveal e o yo tg t gge thayo gaph pape heet the yo c tapeltple heet togethe o yo ca wo at a

e cae I peoaly e wog wthaale dawg ce yo do ot have thalty to tetch o h the pec awgyo hape a yo a a opte pogayo ght wat to t alate the totaheght o al yo opoet (g, eateg, et) A a exaple age a veel wtthee copoet

a otto g 1/ h hg, 5;thee a ody g each 3/4 ch hgh, 2

a eate g ch hgh,

_two oe body g at 3/4 ch hgh 1

_a top g that 1/4 h hgh

Vee heght 6 che

By acatg the heght t yo have avodhavg to ate yo opoet heght aeyo have deteed the oveal hape yopefera vesel talle or shoer. then it i a



TH DSIGN POCESS

- 2 . IS - t. 2

l. >

' 2>

I

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Ung graph paper make drawg a design much er

vessel Mak on yo gap pape te based op elevatons. Also, ake a few efeencers so yo now e location and daete of

feate ing is lkely o be te lagestee ng, say posoned at a pon ofe tansiton Ten daw a few ced inesesening te vessel poe (oto 8-1). Fo

w ocs on jst one sde of e vesselteine Play aod wt te poie ti aIe appy wit te sape ansfe tessel poie to te ote side by akng a fewespondng pencl arks fo te centelne

by oldng te pape down te cenelnedy e sape once again and epea eocess as any ties as necessay Nowcen yo otine to epesen e wa

vews of e ndvda rngs. To pOide a oo fo eo dw tese ectangles sigtywide tan e daete of te vessel

Measng te engt of tese ectangles wgve yo e indvidal dees of eac in

Nx oveay anote seies of salleectangles staing on te otside nd goge nsde o encopass e vesse watckness Again give yosef a le exawood fo eos Tese slle eangesepesent te ndvda segent Wdts eac ing o laye tat s te wdt of te bo

f wc yo ct te segnts ow, a yoneed s e ndivda lengt of te segentsea ig o deee te segent lengsltply te ng diaetes by p (3-1416) ad



THE DEG RE

8-12 Cpr rawi pora ar vy any eary

"W I ? T o oloe g Iby g g h flo o h o yo o g ? I I l f g f l g

EBOYHOY

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0 JOHN'S TURNING (2-2 he iamer) l wrk, wrh t er.



4 HE OF SGMNE WDRNIN

0 Ancr the ft piece in t glng jg_

05 Pio to pling glue. a drft alwa

ood idea

l i

ee o ea tye o wood or ea sde o tboodwood ees; tereore, I t 5 sma sto ea oor s a ew extra ase I

dsovered a deeve ee we gg A o tese t sort strs are aso sow phot 9-03.

ts eatre rg1

deded to ae 0 desgeemets arod te esse as sow phot901 a ee o boodwood w rode o o a ometed eemet so I eeded at e

20 ees o boodwood Ts w beome mearer te e ew ste I aways mae a etra eemets. s I be abe to ree a ewer ometo Wt ts md I t 28ees o boodwood ad 8 ees o oy

t or o te oy ees so ta ap d psod ed sts tat wod be ged togeter ater swas eog ees or omete desg

e I ad 8 ees o boodwood gedogeer or strs osstg o sveboodwood ees ea Te gg o tesesrs was eras te kes ste teostro I sed a sme gg ray (ph

904) osstg o two srs o Fged togeter to om a sragt rgtageae oered e g wt be maskgae to aow remova o e strs aer te ga set or 3 to 0 mes Ttebod was mge oe t was morat tat te tomse o e gg g be sgty arower e oygos so t wod ot terere w tams Ts meat te tray botom was sg

ess a 3 Photo 904 sows te gtray s sgty arower a te oy strs

o ge tese omoets togeter I sed

(am to rmy aor a aee o teoy at te e ed o e g. wt ts og s

agast te baksto (phot 904 e gaered two t boodwood sts. two toy strs oe boodwood oygo ad oeoy oygo Beore ag ge I made s

ta te sraes were e ad ree oaydebrs ad dd a dr sow photo 9I te amed te ee o oy wt a srcmpand postionedtwth a slight gap



d the bak o the trayIS gap would be losedng th atual glungp that olows

aed ths ps onguing tray with glu

ead on al matngas Wth th springmp hoding th holye n pla added ak lamp to for theodwood pie againstbak whh n turn

ed th holy p tod sghtly to th right

l beg rsstd byprn lm Dpry ther should be

JN' RNN

ough pressur on 9 07 He ae h p of ip ge apgu onts to ensur

ht seams haved th pie o hoy too far away, therbysng a loos gue oint I relas th

odwood amp ad fore th holly pe bah lef then attmpt it again dos reqrette pratie Aratly glug hes pcs isa to th raton o th ompleted designoaton ofthe entr pe of boodwood s

eiay impoant t mst be onistntyd frmy seated aganst the ba ne of th

thr is any gap th ompots that aer ut wl not be onsistnt lengh

s proess was rpated going om le to

ht, utl al th pies had b gued itor sparate sips On o th glud strps iswn i po 97

se four stps wre quit fagle, so I

utiously usd a chise to pry thm fom thing tay. Usng wx papr instad of masnge on th guing jg would have aowed asr

mova of th stps but it woud not havovdd nough rsstane duing the glung

ossh holy pi mght hav sld too aslyay and th onts woud not hav ben tghor the n ung stp ths rips wre

d l h d k

9-08 o rp hi tip, atah th o towe ph a

bang boad On prpared th sps coudsmootly riput o the tabl saw o 98shows rppig on of th led-up spsaahed to a wdr push board of map

hese glued strps were ut to four Ihthk strps usig the tehque desrbed iChaptr 7 h exa thknss s ot albut they must al b th same a t s



6 THE R SD WOURLNG

9 this example, stp wee t fch assey

To reate he ese egn eah p pe ve.

1 A gluing tray s ued to asemble the hin

e tey wee u e a eeen eaw kef.

Fn tee t e an eaebne eae ne-a te en e eu

n e t i wn n ph 910e ee t nfue e ee: ea

nua e n te ak aa

Befe un te ete I ae teug e du ane t eae a aw ak an t enue ue ne wa

eeay nene wt te aeaane fyy e ne wa an uan f eqa aun f ea f

t aatey antan e en nen tkne

Centen a te t eeen wt ee

t ea te wu e ut e e u beaue f e way ey wee ea

t wa qute eay By auaey ann ten ea t wt ne ante a teeeen wn e auaay n wt ea ote Een f one f enen wa ane ung e f

gun eatn eeyn t nenw Yu t ae ne unabenen bt e et w be naffee.

P 911 w te en ne gunue ete an ae ng e aung ay a e t gue jb ae

e gung ay wn aae

nawe aeby In an t te fu I ae ae a tke f Uy

w w bee e an b baun e banke egn Gue bue ew u e n nea te en

te ung tay ae efety agne w ete. Ie en tee n ae auaey agne en eey egn eeew a be f anen

Usng a combinaton of a hand plane, the d

ander, and the able aw, I ceaned up hese

four new strips.

n a e aw a o" I eaate te tito ndvidual pieces These cuts dd nota



ign element Photo 92 shows the mter saw

aatg te componets.

ese ha-pees ee areuy pared before

ng gued together. If wo aves did not qute

tch pefetly, I put one aside and tred

te. By ta and error and a tte

ustment usng te ds saner, I

managed to tch a the afpees; a fe ungued pars

sown i poo 13 Inarate agnment

he two halves is easly noticed, so I took

eme care whie gluig

n togh I only needed 10 ompetedments I glued a the haves together because were not ey t pass mste and at ths

nt it is ar too ate to go ba and mae

re h 914 shos two haves ampedete to om one mpete desgn.

ened up the mpeted deSgns on te dscder and nspeted them one mre Byng both sides, as able t seet the 10t These eements n eeded to be mte

n ode to m the 360 ng: 10 pees, 0

les, theeoe 18° per end

terng the boodwod eteen the mters s impotant y paing ne side ae even wth the end o te ngest

odwood pee, I made a penl mak n eahment hese marks wee then aigned th ak o my sa bed and ne end was mteutl the segments h 9-15) en sing a

p bok arey psitned to ente theodwood sapes I t te other ends I

entonaly ut these segments a itte ongch aowed me t heck the t and to chek

enteing o the blodwood ithin they I eadjsted my mite sa stop bo t

move a tny bit o lengt om the segmentsn reut whhever end appeared ngereby improvng the enteng teodood epeated this poess one agan e to get evey omponent as enteed as

sbe, wie maintainng equa segmentghs

e dth o the segments (om outsie to

JOHN' URNG

9-'2 m ter t t nl comon.

9-'3 e l-oon m mefty



TE ART OF $EGMENfO WlRNI

5 The mitr aw USd to cre egmt

m he lu aseb

6 Splies e cu wih the e izonal

n oretaton.

j cy cotto d ce Chpehy e th , b h

u h p chee th t bht ht Th ot hv to b peec t

h ke ye wh -cp h to bh ht

My g c o vtc pc f ebpooe bwee ch eeet. Php wold hve b e t t h p eboy o g p bt tht w hv

potoe he boy g pepeu to of th bk ee Ite tthe g he e w t g hoty o th he hy boowo (h 9-6) Ntc h hp o

get ho-w ee Ath exptg c g oettoihow hoo 5-03. gee I y to voy ge wh ppec oh bt 3/4 ch e tht /4-chpce of eb w oo ght h p pece of b h o ect e fthe o e f g he e e ew ght w pby p -g pp ahet pee ofMFbf th g tp

Gghe eby w h et ee o ge he ee g e te we ph th qcky hp eveythg bfo t (-17 Dg g h ey g to ptt to ae; fce ce a c

ev lco ee ve at t h wth heAe eot p yy hop co bw ohg t y thg whch z t

b t th ge t ppe cky beyto bth e oft to bth f ech pe fbI s it that a th outde comrs ln

t th gth y-t pas iprtnt that th op nd botom fa

he pr remn lushwh one nther. A



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s fush Wipg x gl th suceh s scrp f wd nth wy toubcheck the evee f the rc.

e teniq f ntcg th tu goo 9) n be ey trd bgg,er, simper, mre mpex ndn nktigs is esy wy t ke vey pexkig desgns cotig hdreds of pees fd t do ot eque dvdu hdig.

s fetre ng cots 590 ndvdu peceswd s you ow see, I dd otvidy cut d gue 59 peces

w bck to JHN'S RNNG_ h fiishede rg sud 28 ih n dimeeng th ioton I djd th rgg desig d ctd y p

hoo 9 Dg the costucoSpto tht fws, I mke myees to th v mbeed gs yes;

se rs ppe o th sd f hwg_ he ogi dig ws doe ctu

n the hp_ Onc you e tised dd heectge tht psnt th gs ndsgets The e bt f x ctgl lengtht you povde hee w gve y td s stuc nd shpe the ves prf

ng th sueens th bpnt, d uttng st (x pge) h wd bve hdy n th hp wh costuctig theg yes I eted t s copuer

usng the spredsheet prgm Exl but s ccuto cey wd hv woked

he ist n th nfn I eeded he g h hgghd sgmenegth m is prby he m tc reqres the mst et g th cuttgf sg ut ust mtipy th rngditr y p 36 d hen divd by thebr f gmts_ he figre h dengh cou py sgm ngthsies umbe o sg N wnc sddd fr sw kef oss bcus th nge ofth



aste blok that would ac a handle, ndened them on one side ug the di

der. Uing a amp fom he eiing, I thenued them to the ebony g

e ode o ontuting the emaning ringade e difeene Howeve to ave wooi

best to rip the wdet egment materi frstAe ut the wde egments, t wa abe to e

the unued poon of thoe strps to thex widet dimeion If had staed with theowest stps of wood firt then I wouve been unabe to ue etovers for the widegments ontinued to bud the bubinga

g n the oder o width om wdest torowest My bubinga strips wee a ut from

ame wide boad thu enuring imiaroring If evea boads of varing oo haden used, then t woud have mixed up theangement of segments by andomy ungp om deent boad

oe ompeting the onstucon of themanng bubnga rngs, prepaed the base ofe tuing fo t fit bubinga ng he hoyg wa tuned don to its deigne thnes

5 inh) and fnaized the guing urfaeg a andng blo_

ng #3 wa attahed th hot-met onto aepatemounted enteng boad Ug

nentri peni ie the bubinga ring wanteed by eyebaling ts outide edge f you

tut you eebang apabitie, then use apeto enter the ing as shown n phto 921.

hen joining the hoy ing to the firt bubingag only the poion o the bubinga ing that

ntaed the holy needed attenng. hetion of bubinga that exended beyond they was turned down beow he glue ufaeus aowing me to fou on the glue joint nto 9- (nex page), ing #3 has beentened and eed with anned ai hefae an be leaned wth ompreed ar

u have it or wih the exaust po of a hopcum Fo sm dusting ob anned i ective and onvenient You an sometmes

nd thee pa eaonaby pied at the age

JOH'S TURING

9- Crcton wt ot to a

botto ebony ng.

20 o and botto ings ae eue tofaceplate.



2 THE AT OF SGMED WOTURNlN

2 Cla sces help r gd guent.

ce tgproces w ompt I

th tw g tgete g the ate y mp teg eve My ttkte t ppe t ft vy y te t my pte P 7-30

pt 7 hw th p

g #4 #5 t g #3

ppe g. I e g2 th #11 t the tp t e Weepg th ge se I tteg tg the t the I y mve w tht I w t ve t emve te, w 9-23 I mte mty th w tke t mt th ve tt. Retg mxmm

thke gve me pt g t hpg

w v wy t pt tgth gtgh #10.hee my tp vve

t gt sg hw I te g #6 #0 e th y yt te m met, I t

e tgth (g te h-g mt) e Uy g I te am by

g #7 #9· I t ty ty g t pe pbg w e t mt g Th

9-23 tal, th vsl was at maxith icknss

mt I v th t

the t my e g g I wt ee bt g the eby g t t tg

I tt the et g g te s t ge te y g t tg my pg mp t w

hpt 7. pt -29). I e th hyr te m te y g g t t g #5. pg wt pp tht ph m my hp eg I v et gh pp I t tqt e be t e t t p my hy g y ty bt t wtt wee g I pti t ye bb mt tt w ve w

w pp e e t p pp tg vy vey pg t tt thmpg pe

I p 9-24, the ttm th tg wth hy g b tmte. Tep th hy h e tt the pp p the tg

ge t te y g g t tt

mp_Ae th g e, I pt the y g hw p 9-25 t t



4 Planning head cn sv ssemby ste

6 Here s nte exm oftw-fo-eg usge

g ee te et e

ute (g g t-et) te etueg wt te ey g t y etegete Iee te exe ue tey g, y c ee pt 926, Iue te ue te tg t te g

e te ey g t t g I e t te y g te tew ey g t a egt xtey1 We te vee e e geexue w ke t 316 g e

tte tke ey tg te 14

OHN S TURNIG

9-5 Sltn a ring relts n tw-f-neeneft

9-7 Mak a cn e beng ue s

poston ad.

pt 9-27 I ve eve te ee g te eteg te I ve euyetee ge t t t te e tetug ug te eg yte At tt I ve ebe te ete g tt ve t ee e t te etee te g ete.

N t tte tug te utee t te e. A equet �e te ute e eez

te te g te e t e Jtgt Te ute e e tue t t ve tey je ug ttee-se te u ut te



THE AR OF SEGMND WOODURNIN

8 Fishad te nsde por to jong the

o halve.

29 h s te a sandng sep pro o gug

e a Ies ogete

e ogee feey, o exe eoe I fe e e I cefyche te e oe ee ote g ce e te e ote wo e to te f w ce tc ee, 1 w tg o coe w o 16 c f te ee

bee c e y tce go woe bee coe to 1/8 c We cewo e bee obe o te w oe, be o y cOeo w towe 1 wte e ee o be be o

f to te oo

he ee' o oeg w oo fo , o t oy e ee o e

c obe befoe gg te twoe togee Bot e wee owee o 400-g ph 9-8) botg fce ecee oe t oc o g boc ph 99) o ece ttcg ee oe e

I ot wt te ct of ceg y ge eee-o t gt t

e fce I e g te o cee

be ow pht 9

Joinng Two Halvese bg oe y coe I ge two e ogete ow ph 9-

eeee te oto ge otoe ece of g te, w e c e ge ot e e e gec otto ge, owg e ofoc o e ctc ceeg o te two eUy e ee e o 100% cceg y ge g y fgeaS ge e coecy o t ty ge

o te ccfeece e ge ece e gee ce y ew cet

bot 15 o e to fce e ote

ge o te oe o eeo of ee ot e e ceg cbece I o wa e to of



1 Coceni t of e wo halves il

o tme tep o e gue a ureg o two reao: Iwa a og gue

t po to oug ad I wa ay gueueeze-out o e de o be dy o tat

e te ee pu, he queezeou doet mear.

e ext mog Imouted e ee ugeop aeplae poto 9 Te gue o adety eered the wo hae, mag be o tu e ee om ee aepate made t eay o fh he bae apgou the eeree o e ate eadoko a g dea, ut ag e eoed way dd ep

er ug a /- bow gouge ad a ear rape, I made a ew pae wt adhed abe ape poo My

l t

JOHN URNNG

.

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9-32 A efet gl ob l low the oifo ete en.

33 Befoe , e o bse pove r y

80gt te omato o o oy ad aeoy would e eay o oe-ad reag ee uae

e nn eAe ompetg e ae e-moued teee g e ae aepate emoed teop aepae ad ured o te wae ok



E MEED WDU

3 My wfe sma a vae

35 T is an fv to of vot the vessel.

ped ewt scrpig t A surfces weree ceed wit ck co d mde redyr e st of two cos o sdig seer Te

p opeg, s I kew it wod be ws f toom for my d to ete P 9-M evese of my secret oos wigtussi wfe wi sm ds Witout

wt g o sck f wo ows ow og is jus s mpo o poec te iside se outside Te fis is brer gmoisure To peve uequ woodmoveme, bo sdes eed te sametetmet. If vesse opeg s too sm foyoes d, e te ext best g is to

pou oi , swr rou dr t b outd wipe it dry s es you c w rg

ttced to dowe

fter dig for 24 ous te vesse ws sdgi wt 0grit d ed wt supstee woo, preprg it fo te secod cot ofsdg seer Te a s ws fou cotsppied oe ec dy of s tug

oi/ete produ mde y Gee Fse(te gee c) Before ppyg ec fiscot I bbed d te surce w see wod ceed w tc o Afte te fco [ bufed e surfce w pSgcompoud usg ug dsc moued i d dr dd e sg d fbufg wt e vesse moed o ese cepate

I prefe ogossy fiises I wt te wood oo d fee e wood o pstc lougve to sy I ve see some very professogossy fses o ugs metms I vepu se o piece by ppyig coof ffed u t s ot my mosused sA s see is jus my pesoa pefece

We re most doe Wit vesse ts size Ipy p of te wse c d efs te jo wt e d sw Iyo veever cu sometg oud o bd sw eyou kow it c e ricy Te sw ee to rote te uig your d e ceou empt ts keep yor ds ce dmti firm gp s you ut swy fsprocedure mkes you ervous te do o t Tere e oe wys o emove te seoc A dsw wie e piece is sti o t

te is oe wy Revesemoug e vessed ug of te oc s oer My moscommo met o reversemoug is o cu ecessed g ove o moed pece of MD



out-haped rng ofMF ung s16-inch alread rod. Thin ayer of foam ubber andece of paper towe protec the vee iih,howiphoo 9·35.

m not ure why bt one of he frt thngople do aer they pk u a woodtrng

okat the bottom o I

try to give them a itemehng to ook a. o creae a proeioaokng botom I revere-mount the veer ad, ad g he botom beoreplyng nh If there room I uay

cord the wood pece ed My hoce fory wrng work i a imple wood bng

ol It may eem ke an nignfican dea people wi ook at your Sgnatre wh

ea ntere, o t pay to degn ad execewith grea care t uay try to nde ahie piece of wood the ae jut to have aod rae uon whih to bur (photo 9-36)en f yo are ot eing o he pbc yormiy and heir wi appreciate the igatre.yor degn reqire dark-coored wod oe boom then e a ver or whie eped permaet markg pe. D not remove

e vee om the revere-mog devce

ti yo have fhed igng he btom I remove t beore gng ad happe toe up wh the wood brer the you wve to go hrogh the montig procean. I it till moned i reativey

mpe o tr off the mtake and redo theg. Hrray we are dne wth h oe!

he word o egmeed trnig thi vee

hoo 90, page 72) i a very typica deig might be thnking "h too much workhink I tck o big bock o wood. o otdcraged hat eaiy While i a lot of

ork t ca be very atyig I yo give i aance many of the echne tha I havecrbed w become amo econd atred yo wl qcky lean method that

gncay horen cortion time

JOHN' TURN

"J-'3

9-36 Aw gn y wo



8 HE R SND WOODTURNIG

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Stave

Constructione sakg gs is th mo cn wayntr gmnd g, hee ihr chique: sves. Wod barrels weelfrm stve hunded ys ago he

duy sve-cnsrtd oakrrs wine ging Thee w basics vecced s n is biltg impe me, he he i cnsttdm ve wih nged mies as

mpd mies Simp mits a crtalysi cnstut thy a jst tall sesth h wd gai td vericallywv, thy do o prde mch

priy fr ceatg nn-pe shape he bd e qite hic Th chssces i hoto - miat xamplsve cnst mpd avempis th pris f he ches pece wh dak vneer ple Becue he sm (h kig is 55 che , h was so t ue cmpundmrd savs I cas

wee wndig th ga ointatin f l

e ecns is vrtiamod es me pssbl a wd ragvss wa ngs haps a ag from ay shaw dish t a vrical profil y

stig w ags th saw blade ge de tr gug ngl w ca aheve vieyhape Ccatng compod ter age s

mpcaed tha smp er, n mate dvidg 360" by wie the

mbef sgmen Th a tw kyrabes h umbe svs and th spg f h dsired frm The nb f savsi d i b d dh

CSRUO

by dsd sav widh, quas nmbr fhe he vabe pe nge, s masrdbewee he side he frm nd he arface p which asg he m

ehaped with th small d ahe basetal vssl wd lkly ha a spe f methan 60 whras a shallw platr wdprobably hav a slp of ss tha 2" he is cmpty up tyu o dre e prc d dw few ies hep yudecide

Calculaing CompoundMiter AngesD wr y d o hav o go back t hgh schol gemer b eappedx f his b have pided a ching he nge m cny nedeve i y nd t d a st fangs n std th prvdd cha ad ya t aaid of a lttl mahemac, hen y

wi ed a calclr wh ig unci dhe fwg u

(I you have no interst in calculang comoumt angs, thn kip aad afw ag.

Mie Ange (M) nvs tan (1 {sS

n[3 (2N])

ad Agl re (cM

MA he e nge is th sp h vss masd fmhzn t ide



THE A OF SGMNED WOoRI

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me hi i eaier h t k. Yu d nve t ert cie e, yuy nee t knw hw puh he riht a cacuat that ha the cke ure he cacuar i in eree me ia me Star by r eeci twmber the mbe f tave an he pe vee I wi ake yu thrh the pe

n 75" a the pe ae 12 a thembe ave he h the ave haeai up the ne, i ny vare t

e he Cicmerece (n imeter) he Becaue he ae ane BA) rmae he miter ne (M), mu cacuae i Bew I have e 75° a he pe aa he ume tae

ter Ae M vere tan [CO75" n360' (2>2))])

the tanent a 2679491 Theee:

Mier Ane (Ml ' ivere t h + (25889 •

267949))

r cnue by per he mutpica

Mite Ane (M) ' ere t ( + 0693503)

a he ivn a hn ave

Mte Ane (M ivee tn 14419548

T cve the ivee tanet t eee ane ue he cacuar ce mre Yu mhhave a nvere bu (IN) r, a myccatr, hit htta pay he ivere

Mer Ae (Ml 860387 r 860

Nw h the miter ane (M ko, I c the ae ae BA) Bew, have put hmer ae a he pe e the rmu

Bae Ae (BA) ivre tac86032872n7

he cauatr pve hee re

Blade Anl (BA) = inverse ta(.06g1B41 •

20o)The mupcat reut

Bae Ae (BA) = vee n 258985

The cuar cver he vere he aane tet t he bae e i ere

Bae Ae (BA) = 14.44 4.48

he ext ep i aju yur aw t hee

ae ae ae 1448", n mier ae8603" I hpe h i a e cearer ha muc cetaiy be c epeciay y t ue t vey te. Tha i he ceiencech, bu yu ver have t ccate aer a tavecuce rm ie nw

kw where t f the pre

BuildingA

Staved VesselStaves cuwth he gai positond vricalpeen ahe prem i yu ere 0 aaaita ayer en rai reai



frs step jus as Wth e peous projetON'S RNIN), is o develp a desgn I lookde my wod nvenoy ad decidedo bd

ree smaU vsses usig narow 2-c wdely maple boads u-of 1 purcase fom a

ita ban supplier Guar spplie secem o the fest s aiable tey sel

me efc looing scraps at easonabes Bse on my wd seltion, rea a

mple dg photo10-0 I decdd to bild a prton of my thr vsses sgt sdes,wi a slope age of 75° (r romca), and to use solid pieces of maple blr he top soude scion of the vesses ed weddng gits fo two of my eces, soese ses we ust e ticke.

feng to the tabe of compound ter angesage 17, I fd tha I need o cut my savesh a saw blade ange of 169" ad a mteruge angle of ° I wish it were at simpleless your equipme s a lot moe ig-tec

e setng up hese gles reqres tad eor. Tats wy dcided to bld h

iar vessls at he same te Afer hengy pocess of adjusng my saw, J w o

e more than oe uing Te ords werew d abou ches ong frcined hem a ad sragh usg a

nte/ple e crossu hem to 7chng ectangles. o cut hese recagles o

ves, 1 used a shop-buit sliing tabl saw sledseely ed the wood fo cosstenly

ate cuts. hoo 03 sow my sed deces de from ich thick M wth to

nners on the oom tat f ue snugly ntoy tabe saw miter gauge sots s elimiaes sideto-sde sloppiness n te rav as it ssed ito the saw bade. t the op ofteoo ou will notce a bridge of ih MDF

ag te w sdes It sabilizes te twoes of th sed by securely conncg hemoss e saw bade ef A he back of e sld

n adjuae 2ic thick aination of MDF

t as as a iter gauge. sld smil to te mieutting sdsried n Chper 7 w adjusaby for

STCU

003 tbe w l i ud to oomte

04 e ci oe i, et p te sed ohe e ides

compoud mites I u -nch hik MD into

cangles tat maced my cury mape pecefo mang es cuts befoe sawng the gdstuff sig a protator J positoned the MFter gauge as cosely as I coud o "eaiscaly o whn 1" of ta angle Next adusted my saw bade as cse as possibe tothe desied 169 or safety and accuay'ssake I posiioed a olddw clmp on hesled o mly secre the Ifyou ook to

ig side of he hold-dow clap you seepe of MD atached s backsop herebyensng deicly dmenoned pece hen ticess of te s alow for ey secu



THE A OF SGMND WOURNIN

05 ckig -fi i v imporan

t u egh et ece o oe he It ee ofMFo ete gle tok whh ttche o the othe e othee phoo y ee th ok wh he hoow d ote o

of You wll lo ote ee o ehe o he ece o woo whh s bou o Beue I hve ue e fo y

he oje the e h beoe uh we he blae owg ow uf to fllo the e j By holg he e of he oe h I he te l wh the

e, I o eteve the to befoe t ueoble

e ug the othe e of he tt ee the ou o ft ue e e

gehe uh lke he e ee poo5 r ole he o to oe he

ece he cuy of he ge e the e u Iw oy o ty b he glee ltle gh o the e g lg

betwee he ute oe ege he Ieee y b oe ge o oe of

y etg o o oe h ye you y fo gve ht ge yo w

o e he loe o he o w oo bou eg ex 7· oe

oee by jg oly oe ge l ft w gh h cewe ow hee gge t w ch le o ju thble gle. fe lookg t the ft teeby I ete tt w of o o

oely 2· o le By vg 2° by 6(he ube o ge) I eee h I oh o cee the ble ge by bot 2whh o ve uch I ew th y wbe gle jutg he ove the be olto o h o he hle

le h /8 of evouo Th o klg h bt tht how e yx ove

o gh be woeg how I ee ty et o cu w of by oaely e the ufeece o y g ot360· feece wee 360 he heeh egee wol Lewe a

Cufeec wee 36 che he wouleq o h J6 che ve by 60 heve e otuco h a fee

ootely 6 he eeo eh

egee eue oxtely 04 h (ce ve by 60) r ee ha he

wh of g o the oue o he f e o eee w e h ch heeo e ee



S te ofetimating I ough ut it is ber haphazarly adjustg h saw blae.

ma the 1/8 of a turn austment a cutt more tst pic, tape them ogethr a

ck or accuracy once again I was ukyey t pey; usuay at ast on mor s

est pecs is requred.I

cut h irs ght es and hckd the f once agan, usng th

p�togher ehniqu shown n pht 005er onfng the setgs I cut th othr 16

ve, ing m nough o glue togethr threeert onshape forms. No matr howny ampts i as the t has to near�ect an if h orm s to e glu ogtherat one then h t has b absouyet at least o he naked eye

or g ths svs togthr I nd oate a lamnate spline, o glue etwen heves hs was a fv-pce lamaion aswn n pht 00 conssting o pi

ape veneer wo piecs o bone walnutner a on pic of 'inch thik ebony ohr sie o th lamnation componnts youn see a piec of 3'4nch MDF crd wth

masking ape. hese are cals, o b placeth ouse o he lamnaions o poveorm ampng pessur I glue he ayrs oo togher cleane hm up an cu hmgh hs splines ha para sies soy ha no fc on the fi of h sas.

n i out he assmly of aves anns fat (outsie up) an applie ap to

h sm. pai spcial atenton to mae sue

tp ws wl adherd o the splines so u p thm n pace urng the gluing anmping Whn ppyng he tape o not

uee h pcs togher ighly. he apeoul not rstit th saves from asyg in to orm a cirle. h ape is ony a

i h assemy procss not a camp Afrpyngth ap I use another oar on oph asemby o urn ousie own as

ow ph 07

ung ogher compound rs is morc thn guig smpl mrs cause of

STV CUI

o6 e s ae a �ay ama

O� e asmby ow eay o g

9

Dependng upon h acutenss o h outsisope rr bans mght no say n plac.

lg he forms ogher prsns chaengfor which I suggs a few soluons

My prfrrd meho o camping hs ype ofconshp form requrs consrug acusomd glug ig o build his g, I basaw o crcles of 3'·nch M an mouteone o a facepate then secure the other thto he moue circe wh a snge cenrecew, as show in ph 0 next pag

crcs wer hn a urne o the samdiamr (hs was no ncesa bu oobeter than rogh bansaw uts ore th l I i d th l d



4 TH A SND WODNN

8 This wi beoe a glung jg for allaoneme stve gng.

9 parig oo s sed o c o-spegs o e gling jg

o o e eeee k oe o

e og ge ote otoe we gg g wke oe ee aoe oe ooo

I took e eby o e ge ete oe Ioe e oe oto ew ow g

g tg oo, I te ee zot-e g o te ee e e aee wee to ogy tee ee oe ete o e oee o te t wee oe ge o oey oo o e oe o tete I y- o e g og oe e ooe ee o -te

w t we e ye eeog te g I e oo ey e to te e ege o e ot g toee to gt te e o Oee eo te e I e te ot w e oe e e g y ee oe g o y wt g eee Bee I kew t tegteg e wo tke oe t

we e ext og we eteee w ooe to e e oewkg te w te ge

o ee e oe I e ge (ebogeeoy o te ge e otoete te oe o e oe etee te ee ot w e -e ky ee wg t oto e ·te o te b e o te e te Bygeg e t I ooe te ot I w be o eeze te otow e ee P - ow ege ey ooe e-ow toow ge qeeze-o o o e s

e e t t eety o teto ee Bg te g e ob oe ge ob oyg ee

te eee eto t ets

eey o o, e eee ote ete ey o g

Fo eoo oe I ge o



is o staves unt wo ves exsted. Phoo sows qUc clams pyg ressure

ween two staves wt se n tweenause of te anges nd e wdts o the, te wo outsde edges ed oposte

ch other and lowd or ts ype ompng I tht hd not een te cse I would

ve used numerous ubber nds

hoto 02, becuse te outsde roe o te ws not vey acute I ws e to use

e bnds to cam e rer-seconster Te nds styed plce wtout

ng lowng me to py mny oud thepe s s trcky e ds must eted towrds te sde of the form

er to prode ufom pessure o bot sdese gue e otee te uerbndssure wl try to ul open te outsde o tem y round wt ts dry eore gug

d you w see ow to djus te teso

w tt tere re es t s ust merung up e mtg sures to cve

ec t betwee te two es My 2oc snder mes sor work o ts hore

oto 3 Sdper mounted o tfc s ote oton t ust tkes ttlere musce A ltte ougsndng wt etde c reduce te mout o hndsdg

ce you ceve a re ft etwe the woves te t s sme mter ofgug ndmpg em togeter wt uer nds

e st wo orms, er emog te dout

le cpng deve wee center-moutedd edy fo tung I gued te td orm tocetemounted wste oc ex Ittened te bse o tee tugs tore tem fo oue yes of veneer Tssented compomse n gn oretto:grn o te stves i vecl we te

n o te venee s ozont omy Iud not consder su gemet

wve ts cse ecuse te overensos wee te sm, te rsks wee

eptae o gue on the two yers o venee [ed my clng cam system s sown

SUN

0-11 s s n eto o onng tae

1012 ubbr bnds n oe ny om pese



16 A tapered lug omplete the ese bae.

the the Check the t ho be tte too tght Ung te onte e,emove mgen of mte om te eof the motie n check the t gContne emong tny hvng ncheckng te t nt t' ng

heck te ozont g eween the two

ece t ho be ghy oen bece theenon bottome ot n the moe

Remove tny mont fom te bottom othe moe n eck feqenty n theg ecome tgt

hee no wy tht I know of fo mengthe ay o the gt-nge e ct thtyo nee to mke hey ae o m yo

ho be be to eyeb the e nheve goo ft

ne wy to heck fo tght ot to netthe teno nto the moe whe te the tng t bhng te woo w ewo oe wc w jeoe the gngI gget mnmng th tye of f heck

ke tte tme to t th tye of

nneton, t te movement n jontbty we woh the efo EVen thoghegntoegn oon o the ont

te ma, t ot oftengh

SAV U9

10'7 e o teady et be c pode

tabty

ck to Veel Cotctonhe next te w to net g nto theebony be ng I e ece of y me, how n oto 0-6 When ng knofg ememe to e te g ft nten ct te ece n te be t ot eethn the othe wy on

I te the ote oe etty coe to thefn e n we the fom off thecete ten emonte tem wth thebe ge to the me wte bock tehow ece (ot 6 nh) nto theemove fcete n e thee eeymenone eee to it the be ebonyng theey keeng eveythng nieyentee I not tn the be ebony ng

own to the n mete, n oe to ovmoe tbty n teng o hng to hwte ock Bece te be mete weem, by not Vng enogh tengthng the nteo tng I ece to ntbce on the ote of the ee po07) not wnt to k ong ee off wate ock. A tey et o he been ente o the bce e ne wee then

t own to w thkne of t oe /8nch fge tht te te hegn nng te ote the n wth k b t /8 h



8 THE OF SEGMED WOURNI

-18 Veneer laes ae aed t the veel t.

09 The ue seti f te ee geteare

2 e tatck efectey amp teset t t

ae te e a te t a atet te t t aate te gg ae eb g

F te e eb g I ge tgete a 3 ta g wt et ga, te t a ee MO a ae t t t te

te tat a ee

at te t te ta ph 10-1 Ae gg te e g te tae ae t eag eg eb

t aae t te MOF t e ateeb g e te te ee I atee e g wt a e jt a aae te t te tae e t aete ex et. e t ee ae eet: e Eat a ew te ete te e a a te eta t g tea e

te tate ttg te e te ee te t eate ae g wt zta ga ate te t ete e MDe I attee te eb ge twae eee a eae te aw pht 8

1 a a ew e ee ae b tat aee t e te e aea tw

te ee. F te ee wt te ewe a ee etage ate aeee b ee wt te a ete a et wee etee ate t a ew c ph 9 Ite a g te ae a eate a ae e t ge te t eb g

te e wt te eee

ewe te e ee (te b) te ew a ewe te t e a t te we e tSt te tat t at a a a aeteg ee gg te ee aw ph 10-20

I gae te e te ee a

t a ate t t te t te e gtat wa atta t te t te tae Ae

aeg a g t I t te tw eetgete Wtt ge S ae wa at



no h lowr ha I removed he bace andn-haped h otide. te aking hemby pa, J reined he op ono heew huk ned he nde o he hed

whe poeanded and thenoeced t om gue queezeot by appyngpe (po 101). Note the tenon on the b

r,

hh w the ebony nggedhe to have togehe n an upIdeo poton to peven gue om nnngow he nde of he tave The nex day Ied o the opMDFdc ad heacraped

d anded he ouide. Aer emovng hetero tape ceaned p the nide eam,ped the vee ean ith a ack coth andped adng eae you ook oey at he

ate bock in o 1022, yo' ee tha hadremove pa o n ode o accomph hea tng and andg near the bae Wh

ndight cod have aved mye omeobe by amiang aothe aye on heae bock beoe ging on he ee, hong much eaie ace o the oection.

e anoher oa o andng eae and ou

ore oat o an nhng o I ook hee of he ae bok reveemounedem and pepaed he bae o gnae andhng he nhed ee ae hon n 0-01 page 88).

e oe aegng mehod ha I d no dng the conton o hee heee the e o gung ock n he otde

ace o he ave he donu compeong techne doe not ork vey e i hee pe ater thn abou 60° and a hepe appoache 45 i doe not ok at heo oeia pee compaed o hoona

eue ceae an neece campMytion o campng a ate one hape lae ime i o tempoy aach ge bck ande hoe amp Ph 1023 ho hi ype o

ngement he ge bck peen he hoemp om dng on he anged ace

STAVE CONUON 9

102 e be e to ee ge eet oo

02 Geey I e o ppy h e eee oe



0 H A GM WNG

(6-12 i t xl etg tv t



amnaton

rckeryohe Natwe does a ne job of creating layecolo n he oods ha he go and sod

oodumes exeiene he oy ofong hose aye o he old. Difeenpe and poie angles exose dffeent oodd eae a ide aray o ages Lanaed

oo is the ae, opeey deen iagespea depending upon he ange of eposuehs chate, ofe a fe ohe any design

fes ha e posibe h ayes o d

d Zza R

zag pates eque pese ng and glugu can ue he as a sd-aone feawe igs

as a copleen ng angSde a feaueg o any sze o shape is osbe The ep is o dede ho ny zgs and hony zags you at n you g at is, o ons upad nd do o cau1ate

you need okno he cufeence of heg and e characeti o e adoinnggs, ha s ho any segens o eaue ngents. Les sue a ae of 6 ices

oe a ccufeene o8.8 nches non asue ta he ings nex o he zigzagg onan 2 segen h eas heens nex o e zgzag g ae

oxely 7 ie ong (8.8 inchesded by 2) Wi hs inoaon you can

de te shpe o e zgag paen can be a design h ony s upad poin (one foe o segents o be a sarped degn t 24upa on o peent Fo evey upd ont, hee' be to

es doad hs ans ha to ceae 2

d poins 4 angled onens ae

lNAnN Y

1 s a zgzg ee g

o be 79 inh de ( hes dvded by ees. Aohe decion lats o he nbeayes o aae e zgag i is us a aof eparing and gluing ogethe sips hetecniue fo buig e zigzag reains these egadess of e n o ayeso ee deoson reonay bud a zigag ng us one ceneed

onasng band of ood Pt shos aoeed nh daete g h 2 upadand 2 doad po oo aong ad you ho bui hi ig

needed 24 angled piee ood 79 inc lono eate a inc diaee ing deded oincease e engt o 84 nh (a ie dgefaco lanated ee 30-nh sts o oo

ogee: o Binch de stps oyeloea and one Bh ide stip oupehear Te idh of he ousde sps sipoan fhey are oo no here nbe enough hickness o ceae he euedshae. o lusate tis glued togehe ogzag oponens shon n 02 (nepage). he ouned aea ofeah segenteeens e talet dmenson possbe ro As you can see I ee o anso easseby on he gh no a ecangulasegent tee oud e no boder around eigzag, ad the pos of he zgzag gh



2 THEA OFEGMED WOODTURNIG

02 Be e tat te outsde t of wood re

de og.

03 ee wee cut from a hreelaye

to

4 Careully agn e poin

of wood. tus povdg plety of optoamatena Keep this mid as you desg ayigzag cofigutio

I eaed-up my tree-stip lamatio toprepae it fo te mte saw, set the saw at 2.

ad made a ut at oe ed I examed telamato ad ofrmed tat te cete stof wood was paallel to the outside sufaesThe gag pae w be very dut toostut auatey f te ete stp s out osquae The oe f 25" was smpy mydeisio I oud ave hose 1° 4· o mostay ote age just as easy his agledetemes te sarpess of te gag poShaper agles produe taer patters fatteages podue shoer pattes

I set a stop bok ode to make a seies ofaged uts tat meased 8 wde U

rig segmets I dd ot ip te boad ovedurig cuttig so te uts e all palle to eaother I maitaied the orde whih I cuttese agled segmets order to presee eistig oo mat we I ater reassemblete pees A few sples of these agled ut

e postioed at the top ofphoto 3fe uttg 6 pees (I wated a ea paipped over evey othe oe ad pared temtogether (phooU-03)

I gty dssaded the opposg suaes toesue ie tigt glue ots ad te guedtem togethe i pas Aigg teppeeat poits o both sides of the oit

reuied exeme e ad a magfyig igwas espeialy hepfu prg clamps weeused as show i hoo 14.

Nex I used te dis sade to ea up the glusueee-out o both sides ofthe seam admmed tese pas o th tabe saw to fomrecangular segments.

I rpped a arow strp of 3/-MDF adtuk

a piee of double-sded tapedow its

legth Hodig te MO stip agaist the sdof my tabe saw fee ad sg te fee a

gUide I paed te piees oto the tape as



05 Doe-de ae b d to ecurme o abe aw mmn

7 The me saw ued to eat sgmnm he ecanua aembe

int he fenc I lowere tem nto hep. My l um, hin rom viw ng h rip gnt t w encfew goo whck wih ru meue goo on

ig th tle w I mme te point off thgmen t u6 n en je ne o trm e oer i, tu cetingctgls

w me o mtercuting eegmn o orm 2egment ring (36°

y 4 ngl, eql 1 pe n) t the mte w ngle n oke he

op lock to ct on n o ec een Thi

AO RCKEY

06 The abe aw ma ho r fean ecaua emen.

0

08 When pa ogethe fu to-n agnmt

ppe t top lock mign tow tl n cu h ote n. yo oo toom ofhe egment yo will t l lte it o the ngl nntton proVe n innt oienttion remnering cutting n emly I on egmenwee to pce peown woul tco le or tum

ing nng ig, pfe te 5° nglen yfit te ring ne ifi h tengle were right o I gle togeh x pr

of hee egment own in n8 h gue te ng ogeth t once o e e rng meto wol e oeen to foc nly on echJoin



4 E AR S

09 The use of a paing ool creaes a wo-oe oporunty.

ces c wys be ed te. Do'

ge th the sde gmet s ot sotA ee osde gmet cy be ed wy, exosg ess he gme he vesse w he

de s ot js s cey ged

oted the ocess o og hesemes ogehe t hd wo hves Whe

g segmes sed he dsc sde o

ose the mg coes ad seted heesecos beoe oceedg dd ot t

dscove deeve o te he hos wee oched o the dsc sde d joed togete

e key to scces gg te zggs s ce cg, sdg d eyeg.A ew mo eos hee d thee c

me d cse obvos sgme

t the g he dmee s sm d thezgs e ew the yo eed to costc g e deety: sed o jog

st s descbed meg hem te g wth moe coes hs coomg

oe osey o te odess o yo vessey ot ecessy b i o

mght hve otced whe ookg he

evos hoos t the costed zgg gs qe thck om osde to sde

my hs wod o be he cse I dd t hsy o demose ohe e sed

CHIL PLY (7 nhe iaete) aneape of ul-geneaioal aiaion.

eebe so o sek s s ot oe bshow to demoste ys be o eooko o tme-sg tecqes Wt

wde g seve see gg gs eossbe d the ssemby tme wodo be y oge

Multi-Gnational Laminaoow the e begs Isted o bdgse zgzg e o coSsey ddow os hs techqe c odce

cedby comex ttes Yo geaminations together, cu tem apgluet

bck ogehe g d so oh Wth ecutg and gluing step, he desgn becoes

more compex. Te dferen angles seeed

ctg the to cete deepatterns. The number ofgenerations is liit

oy by your magnaon and by your abl

mt cccy Cece Reeds b

Laminated Degns Woo. exoes ssbjec ge deh My go hee s tzeyo h e echq oy

d bH



LNO TCKRY O

I sr wh uttg strips fom a liner lam nton.

i dos-p oo is o o oion ocll ie, CHID'S PLY AK.A RRY

T Toy h 10 he zgzg g neto o th shee ws o e s

nion s th evosl esbe igzgg. he esign blow is oe olex o

ont evn les o woo ite inoeent gles intig lven les is

ceting te te gles s teenge Desgnng ing sh s sown 1110 is v teonsng; os o e

e 1 wing wthot ln cie e s I go, not wong oo ch bo ec inis iee o t ct se o

zgzgs o ws o tne thetoe then w ec ste on e nssoct th pe to ic th ble swen essebl e e sis to isl tets o the nex ste I o e cte

hiz,o cn w esigns w Fo e, oe o cete esign s I t n

is line linion s neee ose es o woo o ee ninc ltobo 32 inches ong he o stis on eiese o te ent si wee le nge to et io gs Bese ote lt stes volve, lo o woo ise o sws No, 32- longsi o woo wo oe enog segent

to cete Och ee ng In ths see lgest iete w be si sebese e se (o geneton) ees tengt ote inion Eve si o woo ite lintion s be eecl ensoneeoe glig s tecq s lvos bg conc ch stp ns onthe o te evos stsA sne is ticl vbl oensoning

Ae leng te inon 1 eae abe sw sle o ge ossing ie the s sle t s o



6 HE A SEM WNG

2 A drm aner a consitennss ad smoo sfe

vou wde kef wa cloed by glug aged pece of MDF ad I adjued he me

ce o abou 25° (he exac agle o ccah tep). Photo how e lamao

mped place ad eady fo cutg Notcee wdh of te outde p of mylewood a w mpl zzg egm muc ofe oude p ca become wae.

ted a poted pvtg op t cu 1/-c wde tp To ue h type of top, ecuee ed wt a cew ad a aote cewact a a op fo e op block A ed aow e phoo po to he op cew Wh evog top eld agat he cew ad hemato ed hed aga te top block adce loc the oddow camp o poo

vog e op out of he way mae ble to eteve he cof a oo a t ee; otewe ecome cofed beweee bade ad a ovabe top bloc Wthy le ad pug e led 1 ca gp aece of appled mag ape (a ow why ght had d afey eteve cuoff awy a good dea o avod ooe pece oood ea a movg aw blade h meodcug make you eou he a old

ow clmp o the cuoff de a opo headvatage of a oddow clmp addtothe exa tep hat t eque bgg the

-3 A l j a l kp cotqa d .

e abe aw wh a fehy hapeed cobade doe a geat o of poducg ultamoo cu Becaue he wood g decos at a agle o e blade a cocu blade moe efectve ha a p bade Tee atemptato to glue pece togete declfom aw owev I kow a a t go poble by adg e uace I tcae becaue of he leg of he p a dcade w o wo Fo a tay fo makgevea lgt pae houg a dm ade Iued a pece of 34c MDF coveed wth 80gt adpape o avod lppage P 2

how he ay paced wt te cuoff Befoadg the pece ued he mte aw oquae te ed becaue dd ot t agled uuppoed ed o go oug he

dum ade aaged he pece edoedwt he wood ga facg to te oao oe dum o pevet he pg dum omowg oe of te cuof, aaced a ma of wood to e ed of e ay adpooed the cuof agt t a oogeat cae o ee tat he pece eed a

o he ty Sma deb ca peve a peceom lyg fa caug a ueve uface

sanding one side, I fipped he pieces ad ightsanded the oer sides.

It's a chaene to accrately glue a these pieces back oeh i t fl i des



8 HE AT OF SGMENTD WODURN1N

6 A siple led enable safe nd ccuraeig of strips.

e has emeged. Te poess o g adassembg a ote og he

maos sdad woodwog

pme ad my dy maagay say mae mpaa o oeyod oe moe geeao J deded o stops pata poje at ths sage

e ex step was to ge togethe the pasow oo ·15. I sed the dm sade e same ay to sad e matgaes Bease o mo msagmes (om

ebag the ae saw s) } passed eaes tog te sade mtpe timesoe eah pass examed the mo magesd posoed wheve sde eeded moemmg Usg spg amps ged e pasom te pees

e ext hege was to asom tese eees o segmeed saves at wod om ag - a tky ask bease so ma eemes

st e p whe begoed wh ghtteed seams eaed them P examedem d seeted the est saes o e

sde o e g e aa o the

11-17 Ar o t te saw cus and teont t pon a l gets s crcal.

eve hog a ew y msmahes esede examg e ext set o dy ge otdeded to mpov te agmets by mak

sees o vey ty p ts te sdes o hepees My goa was eae dea edgesa wod ag peey w ea ohe We saw e adsed emove s asmdge I examed eah pee ad seeedwhhev sde eeded mmg e makte m s r apped te ee owads eade ad epeated e poess I dd s abotee mes tmmg whheve edge seeme

oge a te opposg edges wod ai

Bease o the egt o the pees hemes o the tabe saw sead o te me saese ta aow pees eeded a 18° te

ea sde I dd o ke e pospet o phem og e saw bade wh s te sa

eea a gde bease ae tg et

sdes e aow botom sde wod be ab

o he tae addto wated ass ha woud ee tte o o sdg

smpe sed was e aswe sed woetaga pees o MDF a pee 1 h hk



8 Seul lu ng rqis prcc andnnin

n lama pc w lghy nn hannc, hfo h �nch MDF pv ancv tp bck n h Th

wn n ·6) mpy pv a manmthy tanptng gmn avugh th bla achvng a mch mthn w b pb ng h ab fnc

n. Bf makng na c I p·c at p f ·nc MDF 2 nch w 8° nh 1 ma cc m h p anmb a t ng check th accacy fba ng

lmnat nwan av mvmnt, ugg-tyl hol w camp t cu hc o th cmp a pv ae hn c n of a h pc

pp h fnc wa th bla ju agn an cut th the Th l, ngh a ap 8o-th cc ba a

makabl b f pucng accpab ay

glu ufacy-f f h tn pec cnm th ange

g n but wha abu h algnmn fh ? B f f h

INTN TRICKERY 1

the bes f I secued hem wih rubber bads

(photo U·17) nd adjusted he ends to lign

evehng as closey as possbe. Wih he

cydr of savs si scurd I sandd boh

nds on dsc sandr. 1 dd ths wc wth

ny adjsmnts ach m, srvng or e b

gnmns Th algnmen mach bwn

pcs was no prc bu hy wr a vrclse. The cylnde endsandng aowed aU-a

n-m glng wth th n npctpn itersecns he cylnder veica

(as inphoto 11·17), a few taps with a hammer

w ptn evhng a ha bnung h f f ambng th t wapp a w pc f makng aan h ambly a c h ap n n

m fh nu ha h pc wg back tgh a

1 gl h ambly a n tm f ha gupa gh h wl hav bn a kha h fn n pon wo n gn yglung t a n m pap nymagnmn wl x bu knw ha w n xpnc a ma mmach wa am

wan pnty f wkng tm cpn bon Exen f t mpau habn wam 1 pbably wu hav eGa G pby pac n gu hpc cv a a ng w cann ah h camp w ajut an ay a w a ck bt f h o clamp wanaby a hamm an a hn pc of cap

w f pang he gl wa awangPh - hw th amby a ut aay f glu Th makng ap hog hav ogth n lgmn ma hcampng vy ay P-g pp wayma; wang gu wkng m wh okf l can la o pbm

I a ncpa cat cyn n

vl tt a play n

-9 nx pag) n h wl mutgnan lamnatn th wa a lvlymp pc gn h a mch me



HE A Of EGMNED WDUI(

9 SCRBLEDMRS (0 inhes t) - s otdcu as t apears.

ling ad accurate gluig ae essential o ccss.A tiny compromse early in th poject sy produces more otceabe errors latr. is yp of segmented woournng s vry m-consumg ad sky, gs ca easly go rong. For e experenced woodworker okig for a Calenge, his could be just th we g k

Two Ways to Build DiamondsDam ae a grl' e fe a te a al atrave te e f a wTy ae m Smpler t eae mpar mlgeerat lamat Oe me

ag am ape vlve exeve ag, we e te me ele

e Te ae eqe a vaf e featre rg g e r

Caper 7: y a amappee f w w e pee f w

e t ae t eate agt a

mt gg a ewee emp P 1-20 w a ypalam egmet a ever frm a larg

f am

I te p ave aee te f amak w a pe a te ge l tat

e ag. T l a

Ug te mte aw t t e eter m

ap Fr appeaae wae te garet f te ry mape mat te grare e e am; t ta

y mape ga vea

w e f e a (#1 a #4 wr

gly ae e I gle t pf prpleeart t t e at e ame

Te prpleeart pee a al te t bae pee were t gty lger a

e w mpfe e glg ep

afy ae #2 a #3, a ate f e pevy ge ppepee f w e e f e am

gle w me p f ppeear e # a 3. T pre f ag aglg w e at a tme e t

mpet were plae. fy y

l te p y'll e ae t vaz

ordr of assembly.

W eam ape

e a

he ony a mae of squag e ectage

a terg w ege eae a egme f

ring cosucton.



-lNATON

TRICKERY

dth from the preous layer. , mentonedt he diamod shown in ht 1-:0 was a

c Look closey: the thn strip of mape one # is thnner n the other similr stripsesult of too much sandng. very mnoec but because Ihad made a couple ofras I had bette choices sight variation

his tecnque whch does a better ob ofing e last outside gue lnes s descrbed

hapter 15·

e second tecique s trcke Ph n-21ws a ery eongated dimond shpe on e

wer porion ofa vesse hese damonds reualy sma /2-inc squres positioned one at a 45° ngle he elongated shape

uted from shapng the vesse wl at an

te ange So how did I do ths using a oute?

I buit e diamonds by sandwicing a 3/8h thck board ofholy eween wo thners of ebony.

en t smal sips om e laationsed te sps trogh a sander aded two more layers of ebony to the otheres of the hoy strps as seen in h U

e gol was to create J/2-n square strips Indsawed the glued assembly into ndivdu

ps wchI cened up and squed w ale handwork nd he drm sder then cutm nto about 2-/ nch lengths

sed ery simpe ig shown in h u23x page) to cut otches nto the ends ofments he ig is nothing more a

aight edge amd to a smooth srfacemp olds a segment in pace so that a

uter bt cn cut e notch he bt has to be a shpe requires a lile fiddlng to get

erhng centered ad t the rght depth;tpe passes wth a stop on a pgeroute

rs best e goal is to ceate two opposngtches that wl fit oud the squre piece oflyebony y to cut e notches st a nyto deep then discsnd to remove tiy

emets fom the segment eds Ut are sng eXs When ghty sadg thegmet end address both ends o the othe t ound the dmond pece hs to sg

2 s se cete tgt tghtge ot

2 A exe o otecete dode eeet

1 2 o ete dl3nOd t er

o t t t t



2 HE AT OF SGMND WOOoRNIN

y he segent efore e otc.

m e o ed wt o gap betwee ete see eds.

oo U-24 so a ouple o te diamodst e o e vsse sow phU21.

etially ave embed a do wiegme e elogae diamo sae o

e vessel wal is simpy te esul o a agledt tou te segme

ts damo assemly te oly ad eoypoes wee oieed i ei eai pepdia to e ousie esse I did ts itetoaly a oete

e wood ga paale o e vessel wal eig would ave expose agile soai at e uppe pO o e amod wioud easily beak away ad leave a deeveae Wit e ed ga oetepediula te wood bes sayed place.e lea om ou mstakes! Te gai oamods se i a veic poio o a esseud isea oeed to atc te oe

gmet compoets.

Ae ng e od, o tte ege ke y e

Lanad Snand Sav (v Exap) easy way poue dmi desig is tuse amaed wod as you w maeia

ee tgs dispaye ae exampes olaiae sege/save icey e uiWEN A (ph u2S) ui wseges u o a at oa wit aye oee veticl Te lae sapgexpose e layes a te pate o ovalsapes eege a(ph16

esue o Ug a ide o amiaesaves a ose-ote o e ae buCU pho 27 usig lmiaed segmet e ayes a a age wti tesegmes. No uved pes o wood we use

iay o ese coscos

o deostae ese teciqus I testips o ey ajaa ph uB aye o maple a wau veee i eweused tese liae oas o cu gue

ogee ive iee sselesTo aeve y id o ec I ust epose tyes witi e aiai Spe ousid

t



WATRMLON CAUS tall) amp of vtl ot gmt y

U f LlE ( c al aal c lam a

MON KY1

7 CUrS (9 tal al a a w



4 THE A OF SGMND WD1RNIN

28 aminaed rp an eany dnt way f

rn cs.

129 From to ght verca ayeran oenerd stavd ylndr andangled layer.

1-30 Thlamnaon oeo rposton layers

31 Th dferen ets om he aemnad srp

sgns hoto u29 sows e dfren rngsade om e laminated maral of photo

8T rng on t e was mad om iggmns wt vnr ayrs via win

e segmnts For te ng on t gt I r-ute laminated board o on te vener at a� angl (phoo 1-30) bfor I u tegments I bl ng n ener yting ig savs rom orgnal aminatdaera, w tn was ofstmond ontowast blok Al te ngs am om eme lamnatd maria bu te layrs areend very drntly

n trnd, r rings displaympee dieren images Photo 3 sowse tansformaons rsus ar nrigung

-32 Two ynde, onsud diferenly sam lanad srps

peey round otws ovos difeene

w appar yinder in t nrdramaiay dispays e f o nonnamnaons

n wo examps rae o savdonsron Phoo 13 sows wo ylindr one on lf as savs wi eoson oftwo woods arnang arond toside (and isde) trik s to pos ars y tuing a rbd sae; t atuaatt depnds upon t wdt and dpt o

te ovs On e l sd ofphoto 39 I s sam yindr aer a ew mnes orning a very dramai efe wt vie fo

e f eamp stas w ynder o



e ylnder togethe. but I hav confimed theMy objecve was to crate a vcall

bbd ua wth oval shape on the ibn approach would have ben to gu this togth and thn u avng too toat a ibbed ua Howv 1 am notuh o a av I pee to do m cavin

th athe whv pbe A a, whata athe but a ain too? To shap thdiidua stavs on th ath I mountd them

wo at a time a hown i hoo U-33. Usigubeided tap 1 atached tw staves to aid ie o wood do not own a sma 4-jawuk o m miniath o instad I ud apshaped dive at th headsto end ad ae t at the taistck Ifyou ook oseythe taistk ed o th stavs. you' seat I appid an addtia i otapeoss th nds to he e th stavesghe he idde pie wod dos twogs: s tiknes detmine the adiu t, and the iv ente an pe on it withoutin th two staves apa

o tuttin the tavs had t hose wdth dew a skt whih aowd m

pdi th ts vau tuduss Phoo 1-34 shw a ayut oanes, it s d ike tuninofs As y an see the thkess o theae wood afct he tu pof Itheae too thk th adius e to ageat) and th va pan w not mege pa is too ow th adiu w e too

ma shap the tu an wmove he mited side, avn nothing toe a a g suae

oto u-35 dispay the rsut tuin tai o stav shown i hoo -33 h ayat om th va ar quite thn any moning and th woud diappea At 1 nhd the avs a rative al theeoud b moe wa with a agr stavefe turning th stavs I smooe them wt

plm ade u a tte piec o doub·dd tap to hold th stav in pa duanng

hn d th outsde tav ua e wth

I CV

Ste c e te tw a tmwh pcr i btw

e pcr thikes etee tp ft n th pil f th t

Crfuy trn a the u yr



6 HE A O SN WOOoN

7 li a pli o vr

o e yde, i geeer p

akg ae a aac wau veee e ea av 3 w gg e Ogly I a lae e a ge aye ve bew ea a av, bu vee wa I ublee ke gg a b eI' ky j 6 av w ue

le. T ae we a egvee wl ave b ay ee I ly egle e vee al bega by gg gee a aw P -8

W e eg a ave Se ag a, ae a ew bbe aa waed a ew ev akg aa e yle. T allw e e

e a, e ae w e ea a e ave la w e e e ea a ae ge e ea a e bak gee e alge all e e e ae a ale ybbe a.

e ee akg ae e ee ave wa a g e, aw w

y e a a al ag l wa eqe ea e e. A -gag e e ea e P- w exae e g agw e vy ee exae Yg we wee l euee? I e a k e a g le FR GDI.

aaey a aag

ae egee g I ave ly e e

ae w ee ve exae yue ave eey ayee a e e a la a g Vga D

a wel-kw e Azaa aegea e g aae aebleCg e ee ee

e el a ae eve e g

Gve e g a ee wa va

y a ve



lINAO TRCKEY

40 FOR GAUD/ (18 Iches a\) - an exmple of pre tued tave



LMINATO TRICKERY

Gug caus ply p ht c

Te wo lfcts w ot b l toer.

yoon tim wi I sadd t x A a

p of ght sanigs th jois weay fo g peod th bgh gh k

eah seam a wtd fo ay sad hadsspae befoe g eah of he 20 pas

eve atep to g w segts the gew se oo qy d yo wo't hav oghe Pf ge os a oed joi d h who pojt is a oss Uikehe i-osttio wh h s apo to epae a bad ig, wh ths

h pag a si dftiv ig is ot opo

o o assebe h a ig by joig

s to fo grops of fo ad th gops ofht w wo gops of fo t aoe tos of gh qd a gg cul o appya ap pss aahed

pies of M wth a bea of home as sho poo 44 With semts bb bas po aatampi psse b wth sgts ths ase sm ba amps I phoo 44 I

nte sam t ote eas weios g Bfo ah gg sage I

o a rt ad ma mo ss o s ha g sae o

ot f ay io adsts eeess I wt o spad tem aoss mayes I do o wa o ae a mao adjstme the of h otto

Eah hg ow oistd of two ios o

egh a o sio of fo Aoth foowd by a fw o dis sadiadjms sd i wo ah hvs hs (oo 45) sed he haigmh as dsd Chape 7. I oy had dea wh h sos ad two spies pes whih ad th job avey asy Afthis p n oioa sgmt igbidig i o jo the wo has ino a

sod ig I soohed th sfas si thes sade a m sa pae th asthoy sps bw he avs a dyamp th toeth wih a hos amp

o a a bow shap o hs ag fa g ig ag s whos op aboom as mah h ms ofajat igs h ho: how aowad at wa a sho the gs b Naro s w est mo igs a a a b te gs ae oo aow ma b to si sas h sz

f



RT OF MD

46 Crfuy plan th oto o bd-saw

ut culy: h whoe ojet enpon foOWing t ns.

8 h o awing

u imo o my g, I tyout I u o t ow po To

o the saf sde, I alwed lmost 1/8 inch for

saw-krfoss.To aciv a slght urv I w t ig i w, ity tp

an tha neessay toward th isi (th ttom ot o) Ti yout t it u w g o ut otig ow i t ou.I you

mxmm v t wt mium wt you mut y out ut t tp no to yyou, mk u yoim up to o you wt qut It' tmpti to t yi tu t t ut o mt k ot wot t x t

ito, you t y g you m

oom o o yOU m t w po tomot tt i Stit otiy , ut I wt t u

At g o my yout I u om w onti o two gtt w ti m tot I pttto , u /2 tood, po to w ut. rm u t, utt gto t t poto4,m uy mk t; o ou t wo o i o hf-rgs ow poto 48

m o t po wtto I g t n t

t m pi o oy uitoy oy n o t to ottom

stacked th layers toghr on at a tim, td thb shap, titl BLCKERY SWRl,tat you c se in photo 1-49.

T techique of usg band·saw agl ghas b arod or may yars, but as far as Jknowwth th excptio of Mk Shulerwhostnings ar muh mor complex ta hS xample, fw turnrs have imtd Wt it or trd to tak it to a new lv. As I it

thes words, mages of ombng ote lamaton trks i cmbinatio wth hS tchqu tr my ha. I hop yo own br:I spningWth deas



RCKRV

49 LWL 612 a a of



THE A OF SGMEND WDURNIN

0 QU (5-12 ince tall) h reul of poducIo tig ecIqus



2

Podutio

Tune does not normaly assocate segmented

ng with poduon g. Mostgmented wok tends to be one of a nd buie pece at atime Howeve, occasionaly do a

oducon run of ha a dozen tings to meeChismas gf deadne or peaps o quicly

stoc a gaey wih owerprced iemsch was te case wt te sx ows hat Ioe n ts chape Tee ae manyantages to cnsung muples o heme design een ogh e w can be tedios The design f pdction n s a

a open bw shape nsing 2 ayes rgs n e dawng at fows, did not

er to numbe te venee ayes, bt ey do

count fo 72 pieces f wd made he p ings and e bm fur ngs using 18

I�

PRDUN NNG

2 Wo k sing e geet gg w e v fc

egments eac we he remainng ngs

conssed of 36 segmens a a total o pes wod ng h m pgonsdering I made sx owls tha adds p omoe han , sma segments was a otwo bt not as mc as you migt oo 2 displays the sx competed ows

Te is step is to ceate he desig W apjec sch as is needed wo designs: thbwl shape and ng dimensns (poto 2-

and te aangemen te caid olresegmens in each ing desgn (poo 2-)



4 TH Au OF EM WlG

ew the shape design Just as any other. thougdd not boter to overlay rctangles toetemne the segment wdts becase theyere almost all the same Te rngs were

ut om ·nch wde strps except for a fewder rngs near the top and bottom, wc termnedby usng my cpers on the

aWng Usng the beprnt nformaton Ieated a cuttng lst wt te segment enghformaton

ose 3 segments per g so I could repeat aern sx tmes around he vessel he aual

yout of te coored segments requred a ttleodng I used te same ayout for sxssels, but substtuted dfferent woods

eatng thee derent combnatons t (prevous page dspays the arrangementsegments To caluate te number of eachpe of segment per ng t was a mater ofuntng te dferent cooed retanges n theawng and then mutpyng by (the layoutawng s ony / ofte ccumference t sr easy to mae a mstke whe cung ndung so may dferent coored segmentsstead of "measure twce cut once� ts more

e"chek three tmes gue once I made aeckst for each of the three dfferent desgnsat ncluded te number of segments of eache of woo per rng I so made treefferent layout drawngs to gude assemblyn wth these ads t s easy to mke argement error You av to stay on your toes

onstructed the top and bottom poons of thews usng standard tues buldg teony nd maple rngs from 3/-nc mteral

nd ten sptng tem to two rngs thusvng a lte rngbulng tme Constutng the multcolored ngs consumes te mostme Sandng so many ndidual segment-endss just too much troube so my plan ws to

ut peet mters nd sand only the gtlored to ghtcolored jOnts whch st

ccounted for a lot of sandng Te desgn cae

r ngs about / nc t My pan ws toonstruct ngs om 3/nc matera and tenpt eac one nto two rgs thereby ttngng assembng tme n haf ac 3/ nch

- ee et o3/4inch tall rngs amepae, t eet ws

ta rngs therefore 1 coored ngs woudproduce two dentca bowls I mlled the oarto a consstent thckness rpped strps for tewdest sements frst and proceeded to gueusng Ttebond ubber bnds nd te gungshown n Chapter 7 pt 7-6 Ths reur

couple of days of monotonous cuttng sadngnd gung I sanded only the ends of te htcolored to lghtcolored seams whc I rubjonglued separatey before usg te rubber bdglungjg Chapter 7 to assembe te rngs Iused the a-rng metod ofgug (Chapter7

Gang-cuttng two segments at a tme eped tospeed te process and I mantaned rngdentty by labeng tem wth a marng

Pht -0 shows sxtythree 3/-nch toored rngs twentyone rngs of ea coorcombnaton the sx bases nd three ebonyrngs whch become te sx top ngs

was ten tme to splt the coored ngstereby creang sx sets of rngs eac Theopton were to par tem on te lathe or toparay par tem fowe by bandsag o(as deded to cut them on the table saw I

fattened bot saces of the gs on the dscsader and smooted the outsde crcumferencsghty so te rngs woud easy rotate auttng g At rst glance te taesaw



Spliig the ns ung a abesw ji ge six deren e.

omed o ay bem afeymome ed a ( 12-05). wch I

may ct e o o cteme c tead dg te g a

aw ec I camd ae eedd h t bad aed o t

to t Keg my a weove te bad oca owd a

bad ad we matag odg ctc e d td t e bad' ot Mtg mp eved e bad om abb opato edced o te-pagk t me w od moc d tet tcee I d t

ed t mhod p mae beca y ge od be t e to

a bde, ceag a y a ao

t a 206 w xk g o eac c

mba. O a f eah g waedy moo ad fm e pevo d

d

emb ee g t bw e Ied eac c og t td;

2 e g mbg I atced te d te 4 g MF te

Mn ae wa a

ge I ao aaced o g o by tae b o a od add addoed o th e oto te b aotmet o tee ye o M waeboc e o Cae amd ad aeed e gg

ac o t 1 moed a a cc Next atac te adg # 1 #3 ad #20) o ahe e f abc ceteed d ttced wt x tbea om e By M t e m dmete t t gceeg ca b yebaed J a q c o te d d d ty we eady ogg to t ma I ed e cage

bo/ ee a dbed te 1 t ge tee g gee E cd a aa ac oo de f m ad d adaece te te de. Ate ec ed a y o mov bocaed h M c a f m d ey dd dmee ammde ex e d te ce b

ehqe te eteg. e tatme feh te oy edvd met ee t m aveag o wh made eay yeba



6 THE ART OF SGMED WDT�NING

07 This IS section of oe bowl begemd, o lyer t te

s o th x g oweve, wth so gs t s dut o ccute at theged pe h tck s to ocus ot o

the djog g, ut so o the st gt stc I ou ocus o o the dogg th cuutve eos c poduce vous dstoo the p Pht 27

8 Al ix bows vros stges ocostctio

wste oc s out to e eovd d thesest g s out to e peped o he

ghs po sees og pocss, ut tu wt qute quck e photo(2-0) shows the pogss the uppe ecoe, the o the ows e stg to teshpe: hve gued gs 8 though #3 otoh se ss d hve dded e dseco gs #4 though #9. to g 8 I yook cose at the cet ow o gs, ou wis tht I hve outed the top g o eowth ts v es d pe gs to w

ocks Stg wth g 1, e top poth ows s tg shpe cotued thpocess u hd od the gs tosw os

Oce I copetd the gug wok thevesseswee shtuedsded d oed oo

h 12- shows o o the ows edosdg se wh th othe ow wts tug Not th two otos: teushed ow st hs de se



!RDCION TURNNG "

09 To mint by, hpe he boom of he bowl las.

b orde o he t ower co

e bw e receved x co o h (oe

o dg ee ou co o o, d oe

o bedw)whe they were ued o he be we boc Revereug doe ow Chte9,

o., o I oud h d g eo

g oje - ybe. I deed u youeve Oe g or ue kg x

w oe e wh90 ege echud hve e robby thee te oge

e bc echque ued o bud tee bow be ded o y oher deg thoughm o ue I woud ejoy couctg rgerg h er Fry, Iwoud reerdeg d bud oeod g bu ye o vy doe he y he b

ou eve dede o tet uh roje:

Chec hee e beoe you ue g

gehe.

0 o ow youre o oe ocu whchd ed to g e or woe

• Avod eg your w eg u you rue tht you o oger eed oe ecey c Dg th rojec I eed u

he e o oe bow by ccdeygg oe g th oher FoueI cugh the e beore ddg oe goud o ve the g bu I w be o ctohe 36 eget beue y te w w coecty e

• Sed ety ote g he rojet,oog or hotcu, d veg echqueo ccoh he job ecey be



8 AR SGN WNNG

6 OWL 9 S nch rorntn of w lves cr n v.



3·

Miscel laneous

i ha wil ecrbe a f me aysbelish a egmne urnig ang h aaddiinal mhds of trctn. Oncehav mad basc consuto

you r pbably i to to e yurs. Sme thes

chqus ar ky r may horsas) of r sas sre and a canhere ar mny rds or

w sma mtake cau a arge invesmen tme ad wo

diappointmen i part of the game

Bowls

has a ic vati om the al and hey n cul o bd ath

eqpment no nssry bu d care plan isa.V smpy, the technqe requirs

a nvonal te-ta-wde blg i ral n to hve then

nhe wo a the p rms Photo 3-0a ed bo p. Th patte on the

poite de o te vesl won apatte oe I epar and re-o he

ave Note the eony egms that lme the top edge o h ihe oval car ad ot he sape o the to

ne ed o a oval th th pacuarad legh I lar cae ee om the

tat you se prrudg from h tde oowl em m the n the

e We tg the ves t wasoat o agn he exeo po eherofthe , so tht oo surfce ud e

at aer aig way mt ofh im

M

L

lA

N

E

O

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RI

C

K

te te a ded e tht ed to e a te.

the vee apart any conseny ernceble aln h xpod ge There are

many mhs ad too fo measrg wa

hss bu his ase I can ue aunconnl mhod Afer determng thlocain he u ie impy dred a erie iny hls ad used the depth gauge on mycalper. T ls did o harm bea heydsappeard wh ct the bol n h yok l a the dark ebony egmes youmh b abe to ee my deph·gau hs

Afer omplen a the tg and andthat could b done I ct o the ase bldled w moe holes a h bm adplac ape ver the insid of the hoe rvre-moune w ad ronded hottom usig he caper deph gue aitthe ap to chek wl cks c yo the esse apa too ate o adus

tiknss ecept y sand.ph 3-0 (ne pge or tay I havatah th ow : pe o MDFwt



0 THE Al OF SEMED WORNlNG

02 Mutig the owl on a ft board

des tabilit urig ti.

+4 To ata i paIClar atn onyr is ov rom oe i

ade. Ung a ne-toe 1/2c blade I lte wl t hlve a anded te

t 13.03) befe emovg t halves fme F.

e degne aten le egmentned a gle cee stn. theef Ieeded t emoe one o te ng omne f e aectIOn I atad ne Sde teMFa own m photo 13-04and t o

, t ded t t e W te� wa t ata

tw alvs w almt edy tb ged

-0 T ct on th half-cio can b dandd wl l aach e oard

15 Noc a bbe ads prOV a ascapng th

I old a be ban a o

t 13-OSY an e ece agmnto te tw alve

g mbaIOn btle oweCVng tol mal dmonted andngSCS a am ade an andg Jaed te feet leaned te gle s ansade th t ege Te elt (pht306age 8) IS a va owl ed n a

nvenon ate tecnqe IS ayte mle x tsfommg nelatemed ae nt anoe gwas

to d ae t t te



N ROU (16-inh dameter nuts) pee fit eqire.

a feet ae k abt te et

g a bjec to oe ta tw ee

e of taog bect by tg

eaebg ee ee btee Hgb, te wellow Caaote a eae ay ovatve

e f a by eagg aefoe a If ype of wk tge y te ek otgb' wo t w e y eye

ng Cp RnK NRL ( 1) ee aeblgee g to a ae e ttle efee okg oto at elt fo tlg

ee o ege a eleag t a tae: beae of ae a balae a o aot tee te Te

tto of te ft ot a

te a eget I ee evea ef ag tak lg a g wta te folwe by ag. a oetat e t b e oe o g

MY MN ( A fate oe

aate et e e g te

aeo eate t e tee I b aote ROCK 'N RO tyle tg Myeg fo ee two elg oea w a 2 te aete a 4e aete (ROC N RO a 6aete ) e ga to t ea ottg e e of e ote t tbl e ofe ot w ave w

a be e tow te e f e et. Mt alege wa o e ag o a ot ae ta I aebey fve 4 / aete g o



2 GM WJN

8 Rmg are taped usng ne nd trnsport try with sh er oe edge.

ete ooth ce Sc they wee gogbe fthe e, eet gle ce wee

t ece The e b wth ew ge to lt ech g h cetg g bot ch t the g h be

y e o ey' ke I oy ove ed e o the the te o o the w To covet thee ll g to

get eqe g ech e to ecc ge

ho 13 I hve ttche /8·c h

the ee o oe ege o 3/4chceod to t hvettche the g wth the ooth eow g ew e o hotelt ge e the ty thogh the eogh te to ee l the w khe h e oe e o ech g /8chhe th te othe e w cl toeoe woo fo th thk

eove the g ce the ye of hoelt ede he ltte go wo ce� g whoe thk t e

wo l eth he coe ge I h o

octe wth e g t I col cte

ee the two thckee I lt the g

45 che ete oe to he tleoo o l hg My tl gol o theote ete o the ot 5 th e ete o 37 ch Ug t

ete I clclte tht the ccecewee 385 che 785 che epcveyMy l w to e 98 g to cete the doo vg the cceece y 98 ett the ote e thcee oe

g eee to e ch 2 eectvely Th eece o 7 ch o

cee the thcke o the ty h to ch ( gle eco h to the t cretO ghtly oveze thcke the I d hpedow ty thogh the e the eece etwee the h

he e w 2 ch I otex to cheve et of 8 eecly teg t to cheve ee et eoh to e the go

Ae etlhg the thcke h I etllall the ngs Wth eir tapeed Sdes facn



each ng. t I wted a eqa

le either sde Ae mltple assesruh te sader my measremetsdcated that the shms were a smde tk I aped tw layes mask taeder the -smmed sde er ather passr the sader I emved r rs

aked tem ad measred te ttaess sde ad tsde Measg kess ad te dvd by fr s mre

te tha meas jst e Theeasemets were se eg s I remved

the rgs rm the trays The rgs, mteded th sdes, are sw phoo 13.e red sas maks, wh I made bere

mvg the rs m the trays date te

kest ea Bee sadg Iged ha te gs te trays wth amet seam sted t he tsde, ade te ha wth a semet ete t tetsde Ts was mrtat bease t allwed

e t assmbe the rgs a raytte wtht ay lss gle

sembl 98 mteed s o t shae was a mt-ste ress Usg

lams I st led tgee ars Thegs wre qte ae ( h tk te sde) ad a tte exbe s t eseeqate am esse al ard te et sed lts ams as sw pho. I the rgs as shw der tmze gle sqeeet the ledaes

xI

vey ty dssaded te ex set s saes t remve ay letamat ad assemled grs rs y erg te setl rmee

ea r I deted that tetsde leg was slhly s meag thatrgs wd rde a dameter ess that The slt was what wdwrers a des ae; stead rs myt wd w ta 102 s Te

rt ess ere s t measre eary teu ess s y are t srsed whe tt ate t mdfy yr a I wd ae

MISCEANEU TRK

3 cucy te tp dpd uomucul hm djtment

'3

1 u th tete tats y uip



4 THE AR OF SEGMENEDWOOD1NG

-2 A lrge jm-chuck provide e to thener surfe.

'3 An ner mhuck llow the outeure to be woke up.

'4 INTECRAON (h daete donuts)-dl1 h w grn decto IS oStet

go of egt g The go of fo weetff d od o I w be to e t two, oe o te de d oe o teotde I oted to o g t fot I d ebed o qeeto,w I te oed to wo feto how photo 13-l evo ge) Cete

g ofe eey:I

ed gg tted wt otet, d bbe bd

Now te two e wee t bo edy fog I toed te o te d de tete god ot d teoy oed tewt dobeded te_ e ede of oect w etey e d I ot goto ote eey det I otted eodg wt te ye oetoy oeted,

te ed ge otde d de ude fo ye of MF to t te two g(phoos 13-12 d photo 3-13).

I t te ft g t t te ted ot deed ow t ft oud te eod gCef eg o te oeodgdete d te e of 4 detetete eed ete te deed ft Befoetg te two dot tog te

ote dout, I ed te ot of o to tee ooet e I efy ged etwo e e, dd tte dwo toe te e, d ed oe ed tg,INTGRON, ow phoo 3-

dg te ft dot t oet goodexe atoeto obe ogte ege w ow to te oeted

g o e, oe o te bgget oy ofegeted wo ietg teqe Ayo deg beoe oe oex tt odxeo "eety te ote ofeto ey e

T teqe o teg oete giot eted to bdg dot he Aoteee tg Ued GRWH, ow phoo 1-5 I t ee te ig

dete d te te ge gdu go ete te deed vte Aeby o te w o ieet e g e ot oteed bt te otde d u�



MLSCENOU RK 135

6 N WO ( ih dmetr) - nstng oud lmnt c tky.

R 27 nh ta - noth

w o dvjdy td d dbo b Gg t g togtwod v vodb td gqzot, otg [ d ot wt to vto ot o o t v

oto w to tt g dd tot gbo wt wood w w tog o bt b todg wt g qzot

ntan Rund DenA gtd t w d w g t od bt ot o t ot tt wb v tgt dg T ot w Itd o bdg t g todot tg ob b odd bttg og d tg oddtv g v WD

(to o x It to ot t d tt I

otd g d d totd o I v td wt otg o g od o bt to v t

bt t o d to b gttd ot to ot to d tg o o t t vd t y d t og ob



TH M WNG

Ocener turing eqies a lrg

Ths i o a m fo aggrss wood

mov

318 Sere d arae oig iseque.

I WD ppey 6 h ee eg the op potow y he eg I e 30

h e k o I-h MDF yog phoo 1-) Ah MDF y ee eegh h o he ·h ee e e e

oe oMDF o he ohe he opoo o h w poy ge 6-h ce MD g h-t hg ge eee ew I h heby he ee e ee MF y

c ee he ew he phoo 13-1 h go he e e oe he he g gh ge o heh pe. oe he h hy, h e w Ie w e he ge o hee pho 13-1 y e the ew e gh o te oe h ew oy h h ey

pe b o e e hy h x po g pg I y h e h w he h

b oe he ex pg



MEEOUS TRCKS

0 ttg t

w I I rg t r w a p w e e nng y p. p e n Ct A y w we no e p p

p rey want anng goong and to eype e pe

e mtod onerng p e ded w e e e x pe

1



8 THE ART SM WUI



14·Bu i ld i ng a n

cosahedonyu re le m pep. y re prby

yng t yrsf "Wht e hck is shdrn? We, elee t or nt, e hveen ny bks win n the suje Ansadrn s e f ve Ptnc slds which regu tr·dmnsn slds

nsuted m egulr ad denticl twmensna lygns The ms fmtic sd i t ue hICh hs sXntcal sqae sdes he icsern cnssts20 dentic eilter tnges My fcsre s t demnstte cstcin prcss

the tme I dd nt knw the fm's nme nt ts i went ck t th tim f tek sca lt bt I cnstced y st

-fceed sphere n 98 as ing ty ry fnt sn ndy hs ws ng efr Icme intrted n lthe tnng Istught t ws clevr wwrng r Icll seeg stc vsn n ty str dng tht I cd ud ne wd I tercvered tht the fm s cld nshedrn Shw t ty hs suved

y f w kds nd numers y pets;

hw t t y in pto4-

s te t ccurred t m tt I cldtums type f m nt sphecl she ad usen y wd prts Ner the nt f this there pht A (poto) I ttchd 12 tumet shps t shere tte ths tng he shedrns

nfigtn trngls crets rses f tigula pts ths the

cisin t tch 12 shpes t the shre hoto shws clse- terr vew f this 0-d sphere Anther exmp f using e

BUWG A OHEDRO

4- A Y (9 In .) my rohdron

3

A iterir vw hongoedon-tned e



-07 Mang tape hold pies agnme.

ut 15exra tiagles he sae size fo MOF,

use later as test peces (pht 105).

e east and ost accate ehod ofteg he tragle sdes s to se a sal sed

the table saw. I have se a ager sed scthe one fo the compd mes n haptebut ths sitan e sae sed wok

tte Pht 106 shws y dvce It s jst a

ece ofMD wt w angled pieces ofMDted on top to create a 60° trap for theages, ad a togge-style ap to secrely

k the trianges pace The 60· tap st beaon Ct the two age peces ofMwe same settng that yo se to t theanges

e atheatcis say e te age s905

., so that s the de bde age to set

e yor best gess seing is bade aged ct st e side of ve test peces Befoe

akg a ve cts, cnfr the accacy of etrap by akg a few cts hat oly remove

prto of he triagle edge ad xaie thegnet of these cts with the top ege of heage s e ct parae to e sde of theage Afer cng ne sde o fve peces,st yor fece towards the blade st a

idge a ct one oe side o he saeve piecs of scrap

the pt off the er f te iter cts

BUILDING A COSAHER

4-8 Fold te ee ad doube ek the

acra o he f

Plae te fve peces on a fat srface a tapte togethe as shown i e boo ofph

407 Rol the pieces together to for a coeshape and apply oe e piee of tape to hohe together, as shwn o the e sde ofph 4-08 losely examine he oits osot good egh, ey have to be pefe. Athe saw as ecessary ad test agan ni yohae acheved the pper t o con the t ten idetical pees, assebe the ito stght ine as show in e top of pto

ol the ito a ring as show o the igofpt 108

Yu can ow proceed to t he good stf only oe se fo eac gle, foowd bysght adstet of e fece towards thebade before cg e next sde, an s for

he exac at of wd emoved fo eatriage se aes tte deence f thecig-sle tapangle s accuate, hen oe eevely shens a tee sdes equaly Hdes oe ct shoreatee sides? Look attangle: one ct shores two sdes a creaa ew shorte thd sde. he reaso foradstng he fece inwad ae each seies cts s st to ae se tat yo ae a

copete t a don't eave a flat ct spoat the top ofthe sde

Pecise assely of 2 tiagles th 30



42 Of S WUR

-09 Tis can e foldd nto a per.

10 Gluing quie quickes d ay t c

The hoe amp ae ee eted

by I ot ee ep to t t Sue, t ee c be gu togee but ytce e o teeo ue ece By tg e t ee c cy oe ccucc e e cete og t eo e 12 eeo o ot tu g

o get e e e c ue y cccy te e'y g beee o ge e, eg e o e tt g to e g eu t oteo e e o ote eeeto te gug cege e ce o o e te eey u oyu te oy eqeet t e

e e e e exe tt I eg, I te o o - to o ege to o e oeuee A e t jt ey coe e .

e bgget cege te ct gugoo. qu g e ee etogete o 1-9 oto tt e oo o e

t ote e e ozoeco We te e o et oe e e o eecuget e et ee jot e ge to ec ote Lt e I e

ug t t eeo te eg oteo uc At tkg ooe eco ye o u te o teey o o e og Je (

14-10). eb ey oy ct to e o oe oe o o to e ot yet e e e

No o t e ou ee to eo d

t e gy ecoetg te e o oe o I ceue ze tout e, but o ze e t ueoe to coto o

e to ce e ece to ccu oou oug bo y_ gug - te ccu ot

t



E AT OF EGD WO:NG

A glued wste bok permits ough

apng.

-3 Ahin, rne rn mkes a eeivee.

A age J chc wIh eee m

poeee o ee o o feTg ee e o qey o e g ewee e pe eo, I e ocop e Photo 141 o eow poo of e pee w eepooe g fe

A po I ge j w e oe e ee w e we o fg ow ow phoo144 T py oofo fo ye of M w eee e o gy e oe of pee Te oy e o we ee oe oe eeg g oo e o e

ee e e opeg wo ee e ee Te I ee eee g ge woe oee e e fe

f yo e opy of D Spget' oo,Woodtuing Wzard, e oo e w g g He exee

oe ey e ee oo

e e of ype f eeve f yo pe o ee oo ooe ee y poo o e fooe f - w e

Ug eo of e ee oee ofe ee Reee epoog w e wo eee oe efec fo e o

e g e eeo

I e e pg efoe e g oee wo-ee g e f g fOwege ege o ee pee ofo'eye pe I e e wege o MF e o-e ge ee w e of e o hewee o o e e e of photo4By eog e MF e fo-w

, o e pe g foo

y e wege g. e pe o e epg ee ppoxey 1.9 e 2-

e epeVey y ey zg he



ck par of Iseing the plugs is aurately . lonmg he sphre withn he ja-chuk.

his eques a le raand-ero. By cug udrszdopning, you can compar the cmg betwn the splines. If hy ar no ual then rpositon th sphr acordngy fo tung the opning o th rqurd

amr. oo 14-16 shows that the jarahd dmnson bewn th splns on th

ht sid i ss han on h t sd By pacngow no h hoe and gg i a lwards

mmr-ap the enring s mprovd Byppng urnng ad hng a w mesua spang can be ahied

r eg he opnng t was a matte ofhteng h nuts on ast tme o frmy

u h spher ad hn tuning th opngit he wenge pug (s pug ftting Chape

Without takng h assmy offh ae I

d h wg pug o pae ad hed on someing s whe h gu urdminus s pty of watig time for sma

gs suh as hse.

e map pug hoe was hn ued sde hnge pug ad ta pug was gud o pae_or rposonng h sphe I usd a stio

my tmpa o mae sue the pugs dd otud so ty woud't eere wh hehuc . I aso ed a y deao

o e nr of h map pug ad usd hs a sma td ho usg a dril pess

se sma hos woud ar be usd o attah sphres to the osahdo Poo 41

w a osup o a ew o h sad pugsoe inishtg h sfae I repad thess u a opegs w puggd

ng he sam amhu tud te sphere,osiod d some mor d soh, and then saded h sufa efdng I nargd th amhu opninghty ad gued a ew sma pes o ubbro its sd m i ordr to aoid mag

sphee. dd use th ang rg butead jus kp o had onta wih the wh ah tued and usd hee had to opea a 3 nch ds sandr

BULNG AN ICSAHEDRON4

taH a t oots o t go eoag e pe to e xt oato

116 e g s td paetw ea



46 TH AR OF GMN WRN1NG

8 PATN MO!EcULE (8 inches tU) -

ml ubt o Plao

cptra c ta I ed TNIC MUL

oor of ato), a ow photo -8

Te remader of te projct coed ofcreatgte maer per ad g tae. e oy oe oewory tcqepera to cotg e 3c pr wter ort-ke rg ee were fr aem

y ag v egmt g g t Mc/carrag ot ece at 1 decrdCatr 7 ad 12 o crea te coratrpe at aorted ag I t te targ to pr y fr g a or-awcc my arge at a e a cpdrve/c cer comato o my mat Photos 9 a 14-20 w e wofer a og Photo 149 ow

te amy o rg moted recty o for-aw cc wtot ay wa ock, wwa oe ecae mt o t powd off x t Ug aemae I rogre e e o acay ro o arg at ad eraerred e m-a ord o t tao Ar rog e r ed I

ed a ma c cer cojcto t t

v taoc to t pr verpoto a ow photo -20

Oce I ad acved a ary rod orm I

pooe e pere o mae a corg cao poto -20 I t e taow partgtoo groove a my gde to ae pre af o t ad aw Phoos

21 a 122 ow te eqa tp I ed aped a of dct tae a ae wctg ad cadg wa a matr orpaedy cttg e r aar, dcadg te c moo gg a rg ofoodwood gmt o oe de adg oodwood rg ad t jog t twoav a togr e oodwood egmwre reae a c vee r taty were c om a e accaeydmod ad add adte gme

taped togeter At te to ofpoo 42 aoodwood g eg ged o oaf o apre g pc ofde 1/8c c f

rr ewe te oodwood gmt �



Trg of rg to phr_

The pr' m mtu h g th q th

circle o latMOEWih he assisance o theber pad, the amping pressure creates a

h bond with he indivdal segments. Thece o wax paper in he photo simpyvented ge conact wih he rbber pad Onigh o poo 4-21 o can see the resls

ging sep he ne sep was to sandbdwood circmerene to match the

rwood smooh the gig sace andn jn he halves ak togeher oo 14-

ws a ew examples o he various steps In wee spheres were ct in hal a as

rtimes each and wo separae glung seps

LNG A lcSAO

'4 Th tlt hol phr pltwth pg l

'4 Thee phee r vru tg oftuct.

ohe inseed ring needed to cose match saw�er that had been remved B machinese two dimensions it was aso possibe tomaian he aignment o he originahozonta aers

To create a smooh sanded srace I made asmall modiied amchu as seen in poo4�3 (nex page) his am-c was simpwo ayers o inchMDFmonted into a or

aw chck and ned o i he diameer o hspheres Insead o trning a ight I enarghe openng and ged hree sma pieces o1/8inh dense oam rbber o he conacting



8 HE OF SGND WOURNC

A all jah (ad g l hhs du sag.

sed a elativey slow ae speed (bou 350m) ad made sure te spere woud noome disodged by keepng a oupe o

ngers n onta wit it we sandngI

wasute amused wen I viewed phoo 1-2 andoed tat my ttle finger ad bee exendede out o te way o te fo-jaw u say appea dagerous, aer a tere are tosks: te spnng u ad e spnig

adg ds Somemes a tte dager is aood tg i keeps you ae As wt alndg be aeu ot to overdo it W su ama tem t oy takes a few seonds oadig wt ea gt to erase te sca

mak fom te peous gt.

e emade of e pojet eued eatge smae spees ad e base u oeey ata e spees I used sa seeeaded dowes. I you ae ot famar wts ype o adwae ey ook e doubeded wood sews t no ead Oe ed srewed o oe ompoet usg og

pers e te oter omoet a rewed ono te oter ed. Gued woode

dowes wod ae woked bu e readed

Tanfn Spn VTe teique of inseng a anged rg spere is ot imied to sma spees o smgs A ew years ago we seao/asroauJo en wet up on e spae sute I ma

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Sgn ng qas ccufncs dddby nb sgnts

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= nvrs an s tan(360 2N]

Bad g A nvrs tan (csMA tan)

M s t t ang

S s t s t vss (asud frznta sd)

s t sa bad ang ( bv ct

s t nbr f stavs

Cttf Pat Sa Mr ng

tradrn 54735

Hadrn (ub) 45000

Octadn 35264°

csadrn 20.g5°

Ddcadrn 317

Ts s dg tr t ndvduacnnts as std n Magnus Wnnngr'sb, .

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6 Sa 8 SavsMtr ad Mtr ad

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6000 000 650 0.00

5 6009 250 6758 g

6038 48 67·8 381

'5 6085 44 6819 568

20 62 85 6873 52

6238 1Z. 64 1

3 63.43 1448 7027 03

35 64·6 1667 7.26 268

6614 1875 72·40 424

45 6779 070 7368 15·70

5 69.64 2252 7509 05

55 768 248 76.64 1827

60 7390 266 78·30 356 7629 26· 80.07 2029

7 7883 80 8·4 208

75 850 2888 8388 269

80 84 5 85.89 24

85 87·12 2987 87·93 224

9 000 30.00 000 2250

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10 Sav 1 avMir Bad Mi Bad

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0 7.00 0.00 75·00 000

5 706 154 7505 9

0 72.26 3-08 75 58

1 758 459 5·49 J84

0 730 607 7587 508

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30 74.8 889 76·94

35 750 101 6 854

40 760 46 7840 958

45 06 .6 79·27 055

50 780 369 803 144

5 7944 466 81.6 4

60 807 55 837 ·9565 8218 66 8354 1357

70 8366 688 8476 408

7 85.9 737 8603 448

80 86n 77 8B4 477

8 8838 17·93 8866 494

90 g 1800 9000 500

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16 Sav 20 Sav 4 avMi Bad M Blad Mir BadAl Al A A Al Al

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794 383 8153 307 895 56

7978 73 883 J79 8)0 36

803 5.60 89 H9 83so 374

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87 859 849 688 856 574

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8 E T F SEGETEDWODG

Descripto o urgs

p. , fr

36 tallEpean beeh and ed batu

P· 7 ERS FRO HE ORE34" taUmany exo wods

101 Aia's GRDEN

p8 tame than 4000 ndvdual pees wod2 umpet shapes attahed a enteposoned osaedonmape ebny purplehea bocotelamewod blodwood anaywod paueo

02 MOUS ON

p 20 wdemade om hree and one hal bomessbwsd'seye maple Texas ebny gabnebny maassa ebony

202 MPL

p2 8 taebony maple and tuJpwood

30 CRE BOD

4 6 dameteArgentean mesque Texas ebnyape bubnga

500 VSE

p8 2 dameteae purplehea gabon ebny

504 'S

25 4 tal bxpn y pwd bdwd ebny

700 B & WHm 0 damete

gabn eby hlly

80 OOD BO

p62 0 dameteapplewd purpeheat ebny

802 O BOY KN

p62 36 tallaewod assoed exots ebny mapepau e

8-03 My MOONS

p 62 35� talcosahedron ente sphere ue ngonsed rm outemeed tued

gsmytlewod pau fer famewod ebnymape anaywod puplehea wanut

8-07 ZIZ Box

p66 3 diameteebony pk vy hlly

900 JOHN'S uRNtN

p72 25 dameteBubga boodwod holly ebony

000CHES

p88 55 ta ngstave constuctn lead wegheduly maple ebnx veeera ofDN ON H COOOIO (532)

00 TR WDDN G

p88 0 talsave nstrutnuy ape ebny mape bu spatedaple ewd

00 MDH TEUP

p 65 talamnated stave onstrun watentng entatnaewd purpehea

ll-l H' (loseup)04 7 damete

mutgeneatn amnatn-y mape yelowheat pupeheartmylewd jara ebny

RD

p0 0 almutgeneatn lanaonoe 00 pees o wody maple pau eo yeoweapupleeart myrtlewod ebony

25 WON US

3 2taconstued m vealy anaedsegmentspupleea hJy ebny



� OF RIS 9

11-26 AP F AUCE 1316 TKIN WP·13 4"tal P·13S 8.5" aU

-laminaed stave constcon, ofset -ov 500pieces of woodmountd holy bony carob mesuit bloodwood,

pupehea holy, bony diamond wood ylowhat ppeheat jarah mape, pink(handle) ivo

27 VES 1404 SMS with EE BXEP1 9 tal I)8 6 tall

-<onstcton used lamated segments -icosahedron sty sphere srondd byth anged orientation fre spnning rings-cy mapl pa fero ebony diamond -many exoticswood

140 ANYS Toy1l'4° G P 19 "diameterP117 8tall -an nuned icosahedon

oter ceated diamonds pin and pant-vdualy tnd staes<anayood pau fero holy bony 140 TH Jroswood 39 4 all

-cosahedron styl sphere, mti1149 BKE L lamnation containe a topp nl 65"tall -<ly mapl ebony, and many exocs

-made from angd ins ct from a singlng. 1418 PNC CEpplehart, holy ebony P 146 8"

-cosaheon stye sphee with attached120 QE BS smale sphees

p 122 5.5 all aah bony Bd'seye maple-rick·laid segmens 90 pices each pplehat, canaywood bloodwOQd,rly mape bony osewood prpJehea tpwood, cocobolo, black walnutyelowhart jarah bloowood msqte.

1424 HN GNN306 Bo#g P49 14diametep.28 5" tall -sph tansformed ino vessel.

-<eatd by ctting a bowl shap In half ronwood tlipwood ebony other exoticsand reoining-mesite bony yeUowheat rosewood 142 4 PICHEpnk ivo S0 0"t

sph tansfod into vessel fom1307 N l -cy maple, ebony and many xoticsp 1 16 dame donts

-almos 2000 individal pieces 1426 INH Nbbina mapl and many xotics plS0 17 tal

-sphee with pg doatons transfomed114 N into vesse fomp ]4 12 damt dons �bony holly crly mape

waln and cury mapl1427 S S

GroH pS i szP 27"tall many xoics

-mid rings, scewed toehe-mytlwood and ebony.



but he Authorolm Tbbet s a poessona segmenedue ing h his wfe Tee n Souh

e ahoe Co_ Ae rising two

en nd ar more han thiy yeas as aneue n the sk indusy, he nw eaes

he-tuned ar ojes futime fo seeaees Hs apeciatn and expeenesth od assemby san fiy yars gng bakte days spen n his gradahe's sho as ause. Hi novaie work esides nesgou olection thoghou te world s ork hs receied many woodtuing

ads. As meme o the W (Ameriancato o Wood uers) hi onacforao i puby ised in e AAW esue Deo_ Feel eeto coa him

ARUT THE AlJO



THE AR OF SEGMENED WORNG

IdexAcidents avoidin 5Ar elet portane of 15Ar canned for cleanin, 8Ade limited use of 22Alignent

of segentd ngs 25rotaonal 84

en Ray 9 175Amecan Associaton of Wood·

turners. safet gUidelines of. 6Apple favored se of 2Aredia solds boo on 14)As liited use of Asen, led se o Assebly, of lage rings 59

Band sawfo angled rngs, 8 120for maing ribbon 17\17for sepaatin rgs 62sptting ngs with 58

Bar claps fo lage segents 119Base

onston of, 5859luin of 60of ebony 96of light wd, 89lug for 80 97size of 64it

floatin

g

pl, 5960t

tap r

lu 58-59wood fo 59

Base o eong 86Bee< spaled. use of Bic limed se of 22Birc saed use of 2Blackwoo favored se of, 2)Blade anle

acuate sein o 92 14denition of 76for concentc ngs 120

Blodwodfavoed use of in feate ng 73sphere of 46

Bo ote favored se of 2)

Bow gougefo hoe ng 158tnng oeings t, 5

Brown, Cyrl 9Brown Eet 9Bubinga

colo of 8se of 2) 70

Cabochons n orthoes 67Caliper

for wall thickness 129se nterin 81

Canarywood sphee of 147Caob favoed use of ]Carvin

on lahe, 15vesse foot, 1)0

Casatachment of, 9for glng rings 34fo glng splne. 9]

Ceterngof opnng n sphere 45of rngs 15

Cherr use of 2 2Chess boad, size of 165Ch oaw

for cones 170for spee 14] 144 146 47use of 5696

Chk jamor turning donuts 134fo tuing sphere 144 145 14718 150

Crlecircufeence of 67. 176degrees in 67dameter of 67

Clapinaganst sop ceilin 52, 57 82 95and n oientation, 52-53featue ring segments 75need for 2728ofmtered rngs 1)3of venee segents 57of zg-sag atterns 0tecnes of 52usin late for 53 82 98th doublesided tape 8]

with MDF rins 54-55th rbber bands 28, 48wth sprg amps

Campin ses of 48Claps

ty

sof 8Co obolo

favo

d

se of ]Compound ters

anle for 68luin of 93'95 99saw settings for, I76

ubedenon of, 139iter angle of 76

Cutting st ceation of 70 79Cyanoacryate glue, ses of 7

Densty of wood 3Design:

ricklaid66nan anke 6667

Diaetercalcuation of 67deinion of, 176

Diamond saescreaton of 66lamination of 163with dsc sande 0

Disc sander:adstmenof 69avoiding eat with 18flattenig wth 49. 8

fo feature g 46, 8for

u

sqeeze, 10for

alf

rings,

4fo jonn sements 04for makng snoflakes 49for mitered rings. ]13 1)3on sement endS8s

trat

y

of 39Dod cah ron

mter angle of 176Donut sape of mteed rins 3Dotson Virgina 16Dowel treaded for assemn

spees 48Draper Addle, I75Drm sander:

eans strips 76for diamond sapes

fo dimensioning, 13 05 SSfo

l

u

sqeeze 107fo

amnat d

faes 154jig fo 1]

Dy itim

an

of]tit

n ss

of 4Dyn shed for woo 20Duct tap for lampin segments

169-70Dust etraton, mpane of 32Dyein of walnt, 57

Ebonx makng from walnut 57Ebon

vor d

se of 2]fo vessel ase 96n diamond shae 1n featre ng 78n oal bowl 19sine of 9 8se of 8

Ebony acassar se of 67Ebony Texas n laminaed owl 167Eficieny segented tnn 61

Elbo plubng as odelindeve 7lswoh Dad, desgn tehnqe of,

Epoxy uses of 27Ecalyptus n lainated bowl, 17

Featureri

n

:

as foalpoin 73constructon of 6566 7378ds sandng of 8gn of 7475mpotance of 67segments fo 4-46with potoles 67of Jons rnn 3

Finis:bufin of 86final coas 86for podon bowls 16non'glossy vrues of, 86prpose of 86

Faewood favored use of 2]Fatness:

heing with straigt ede 50

mpoance of 5attenin:

of arge rngs 160with disc sander 49 82-8]

Forstner bit entered with dowe 161

Fnue of urned forms 165Gan cutin:

of segments 37 56 24of thin stips 7374

Gad: Antoo: desgn tehnque of,

Genea inishes een an of 86Gilsn Giles 9Glenn jon 148Gle

effet on sarp edges safey of 9sreading of 28squeezeout of40tpes of 2627

Gle os temporary 99



lue joints endgn to endginnGlue sueeze avoiding 135Gle, lyurethane Glng:

a! at one time, 109cleaniness when 74end'grain to end-grain 167-168key ts when, 78o feature ing 789o halfvessels 84o cosahedrn. 42o ily wods, 23 SS

oge bowl, shaping vessel with 85Grain orientation

ompmised,95imance of 22in feature rng. 78in aminated bowl 167in segments , 36in staves, 8990'9incompatiblity of 19. 21management f, 65of diamond shae 10 12f slines 6f vessel base 96

Hand plane leans u strps 76Hat eorge. 143Heat ee on gue lines. 1189H

bin, tehen 3Hd·down:

for mitering jig 157fr sandingjig. 4fr tablesaw sled �imotance of 31when sawing staves 92

Holdin mpoance f 31Holes tapered 135Holl

y

as ug o 80

favoed se of, 3in diamnd shape 111in feature ring 73roblems of 24spline f 18

Hose clamps:fr cylinders 62fr gluing sphere 42se of 99

Hotmelt ue ses f

cosahedrondefiniion of 39ging of 142in sherica shae 139140miter an

l

of 176

truncat 149

I

O

Indan blanktas design souce, 67in feature rig 73

Inaid woodturning defined, 12Irnwood se o

Jarah

Jig:

favoed se of 23in val shape 12amnatin f 1

4

fr clamping 48fr crosstting segments 105-'

fr drum sander 0610 156 168

!u

fr glng 74-76 9394, 14fr mtered ngs 13for meng segments 57fr merng triangles 14fr routing diamnd notches 1for sanding 78 103fr sawing segments, 02103fr sawing staves 9for splitting rings, 25for trmming stips 108109impoance of 1

Joint for vessel base 96oint failure causes of 1

Lacwod, limed use f 22Laminatons

cutting into 112114design of 105fo saved cnsion 14ge fr 09mligenerational, 104stng f 154dth of 10

Lathe:as ang to 115

as clampin devce 82sze of Latven Bud 9 175Ughting mprance of 4Limba use f 2

Machine ools lis of 3Madrone lmted se f Mahogany imited se of Mahogany mountain avored se of,

3Mae:

laminaed bowl of 67laminaion of 14spline of 4 56

Mae veneer splne f 8Mae birds-eyefr sphere plgs 44favored use f 23

Mape: rlyas base plug 97diamnd shape of 110in va sha 112splne of 93staves f 91favoed se of 3

Maple hard:favoed se of 3with exotics, 4

Maple soft imited use f, Maple, spaled faored use of 3

Maquety deignsin rholes 6n lugs 148

Maskng tape as glue resist 75MDF:

fr making tes cuts 9an!of 55uses 0 545

Mesqute favored se of 23Mistaes coping wih 26 156 175Miter ange

defnitin of 16measrement of 1

Miter ence for crssct sled 33-34Miter saw

axiliay fence for 31

segment ctting with 33veial acuracy of ]

iters comndcalcation of 8990use f89

osture cnten measungf 20-21

oise·andtenon for vessel base 96ytlewood favored use of 23Nish ale 9 118

Oak:baels of 89limted se of 2

Oahedn mir angle of 76Oily wod guing of 23 27 155Orientation f igsag patterns 103"feorange use f 22Ova shapes

in lamiated boad technue of 129

Padauk: limited use of 22 24Palm sander and laminated staves.

'"

Patin ool fr splittin rins 8 8283104159Pentagons nsid ug 5-151Pesmmon, favored se o 23Pi definitn of 67Pink ivo favored use of 23Platonic sods definiton of 39Plgs

fr base 9fr decotve effet, 135fr sphere 14

Pychromatic woodtrning defned9

Polyurethane glue ses of 27Popla limited use f 22

thlesn feature ing 67turning of 153

Powe tools ist f, 4Pzsesi Gene desgn techniue of 64Production trning 12ureheat:

favored se of 23in aned rings. 118n diamond shape 110n tures 154splie f 14

VA glue:oen tme with 49uses of, 67

Redwod limited se of 2Resrator

arhelmet 15mpotane f 17

Resratoy hazard glue, 29oMF, 55o wood dst 7

Retrieva toofor cut segments 34tae as 92 106with sanding ig 44

Reverse muntingo large vesse 164o segmened ribn 11

techniqe f 86



Rings, mit�rin of )Rosewood:

Brazian 2]cocobolo,]Eas Indian 2]. 98flamewd2]Honduras. 2]pau feo 2]tulp,23

oute! for damond shs, 111ub oint

repaaton of 3839tecnques of 40

Rubber bandsclampng wih 8 40 48 95· 09or amping segments 600for guing rngs 14not with olyurethne gue. 49

abe saw for splitting rings 9Safety gudelnes, 6anding

gits wt 85nsde vessel. 64per 85

Sanding block uses of, 5152Sanding Jg 43Sanding m 16Sanding sea e;

appication of 99for s

m nt

d l 15-16use o

86Sculer Me.9craper diamondined, 5, 9

damondponed59Scraper

cbnet for insde ceanup 164cObne. smooting th 85dimondpoint96round 55she, smotng wit 85Stewat 886

Screw or assemby 135clptua fom attraon of 6]egment an

g

l

defnion of. 68 176egment

ns

:

dscsandng of.]8frand sandng of 80 111\gluing witou sanding 4

Segment eig defintion of 68egment lengt

calculation of 67defniton of 68 176mpotance of 7980

Segment widt defnition of 6egmented constution:

defined. 9efficiency of, 61 ]monoton of 15of rbbons 167o

n style 12Soutw t Indan designs 66

egmented rngsas hrngs.4041cutting of 36']7defned. Id tting of. 39for feature ng. 45latening of49glung of47age 19

numbr of 40

sawng ode of 81eitzman Uncon. 9Shuer Mike 9 ehnque of 118'120Sgnature. oftuer 87Sketh:

computer for 70gh paper for, 68imporane of, 66. 67ofohns n 707

op agle and vessel fo 89occer bal gomet of 4950outwest Indan dgns 6667pere

bemes vesse 148'149sanding o 48splttng of. 146turning of 4]44wth anged rgs 14849

Splnefor angled ngs, 118n icosaedon, 142amination of, 93

Spay glue uses of 7Spng Dav Staves

defined 1gluig of 9395 99numbe of. 65, 89vesseonstuon th 89

top blockcomund tered 169for cosut sed ]for sanding jig 4]for sawig saves 9for trimmg jg. 109for zgzag paens. 02maea for. ]pvoing 106set

n

g

of,]Strai

g

ht

ede

(o

au

g

urve 163to ceflatness 505

Suer glue, uses o 7ymmety impotance of 65

able sawcrosscut sled for ]]segment cutng wih 33-35sze of ]

Tack clot cleanng 86Tape as glue esst 99Tek lmted use of 22Template fo potholes, 53Tetrhedn, mier angle of 176Ticknessng wh dm sander. 13Thin strips utting of,]7 774

Tites impoane of 173Toos,wtng 13Tnges tered sawing of 4°14Tupwod. favored use of 23

ea res glue uses of 27

Veneer:assembly of 56campn

of. 57glung

o

f

, 455of maple 93fwanut 9segments of 56

Vssel fm:

and rg ane18 19

closed63donut 131fna shpng of 83motance of. 6]64o 6]ovod. 129we can

of ]0sope angleof

89esses large tuing speed of 164ods,gue for fillng 27

Wall thicknsdetemnaton of 96finalizing 97importance of 64in oval bwl 19In ohole rng 58management of 8 84 163of segmened ibbn 71

Walnutdyeng bac 57splne of, 9]use of

Walnut veneer of n val sape 112

W n

o

r spere plugs 44n spline. 142use of, 2Z

Wennnger, Magnus 143Wood

choce of ZZco of, 4 64densy of, 23.73dm nsonin

of. Z5dying s ofatteng of 25gran orientation of 78nspiraion from 64usage of. 18

mosture conent of 19"20moemen of 19 21ode to 24oiness of ]preparation of, 425 68soure 91stoge of 20

Wood dust Inhton of 17

Yelloweat favored use of, 3

ebrawod limed use of igzag saps:

eation of, 66pecse ftting n, 01shar

p

n ss of 10

icoe, avor d use of 23

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